SOUND CALENDAR
WEEKS 1- 12
African Dawn
Chorus
Recorded by David Watts
A field recording of the dawn chorus
near Tendele Camp, Natal, South
Africa.
Mint and Basil
Performed by Geórgos
Anestópoulos with Folk
Orchestra
The Coventry Carol
FKPKC002
Shingomana Dance
An Apple a Day
Performed by BJ Cole
By Chihei Hatakeyama
By Singers, Drummers from
Mozambique
By Matthew Herbert
Music played on an instrument
called a pedal steel guitar.
A piece of atmospheric electronic
music, using samples of voices.
Adderbury Clock
Chimes
Recorded by Robert Jarvis
A traditional Greek dance, played
on the clarinet. The recording
was made in the 1930s.
A field recording of clock
mechanisms and chimes, made
inside the bell tower of St Mary's
Church in Oxfordshire.
Boscastle Breakdown
St Abbs Sonic Postcard
Performed by the Tintagel &
Boscastle Players
A old recording of a traditional
English folk song from Boscastle
in Cornwall. It is also the name of
a type of country dance.
By P6 classes from Coldingham
and Eyemouth Primary Schools
This Sonic Postcard is made from
field recordings around the coast
and village at St Abbs Head in
Scotland.
A lively piece of traditional music
from Mozambique.
The sound of 3000 people eating
apples, all at the same time!
A Walk in the Snow
Earth Bow
Bow Chime
By Charlie Barker
Performed by Sumbu,
recorded by Louis Sarno
Performed by Arran Poole
An atmospheric piece of music,
based on a journey through a
snowy Winter's night, played on
cello, bass clarinet and flute.
Underpass Saxophone
Busker
The sound of an Earth Bow - a
homemade instrument played by
a man from the BayAka tribe in
the Central African Republic.
Pobblebonk Frog
Recorded by Vicki Powys
Recorded by Ian Rawes
A recording of a busker playing the
saxophone. It was recorded in a
tunnel near Charing Cross Station
in London and has an interesting
echoing acoustic.
The low, metallic drone sound of
a very unusual instrument called
a bow chime. It is made of a big
sheet of metal, played with a
cello bow.
Symphonie
Fantastique
Composed by Berlioz
The sound of Pobblebonk Frogs.
These frogs come from Southern
Australia and are also called
'banjo' frogs, after the unusual
twanging sound they make.
A dramatic piece of classical
music from the final movement
of Symphonie Fantastique;
'March to the Scaffold'
Chinese New Year
Parade
Stretched Lake
Noctule Bat
Langaga Patanchanda
The Straloch Rock
By Duncan Chapman, composed
by Tchaikovsky
Recorded by Richard Ranft
Recorded by Jean Jenkins
The pupils of Straloch Primary
School
A field recording of a parade
celebrating the Chinese New Year
rd
in London. Mon 23 Jan is the
first day of the Chinese New Year!
A piece of music that has been
slowed down many times by a
computer. The original piece is Swan
Lake by Tchaikovsky.
The unusual sound of bats
'echolocating'. Bats make this high
pitched sound to help them work
out where objects are when they
are flying in the dark.
Tumblewash
Yeyi in the Forest
By Daphne Oram
BayAka women singing, recorded
by Louis Sarno
Columbia Road
Flower Market
Recorded by Ian Rawes
This recording from the 1960s
was made for an advert about a
washing machine and tumble
dryer, using a combination of
recorded and electronic sounds.
Waves
Recorded by Paul Duck
A recording of polyphonic singing by
women gathering food in the forest
of the Central African Republic.
The Candlelight
Fisherman
Recorded by Ian Rawes
A field recording made on a Sunday
morning, walking through the busy
flower market on Columbia Road in
East London.
An old recording of an English folk
song about a lazy fisherman!
This composition was made by
children at a school in Scotland.
They recorded sounds from
around their school and used
them to make a piece of music.
Recording Angels
Jipang
Composed and conducted by
Aleks Kolkowski
Performed by Suryabrata
A very unusual recording of live
music, made recently but using
the very old recording technique
of wax cylinders.
A Gamelan piece from West Java.
Gamelan means 'ensemble' or a
collection of instruments.
Neuma Q 1
Wireless
Water Boatmen
By Osvaldo Coluccino
Linguaphone recording
Recorded by Lee Patterson
A moody, mysterious recording
that uses the sounds of analogue
radio signals.
A spoken recording from a radio
broadcast in 1929. The speakers
are talking about the new
invention of the Wireless radio.
A recording of water boatmen
'stridulating' at Cley Marshes in
Norfolk. The sound is similar to
crickets and is made by rubbing
special hairs on their legs against
their heads.
Performed by Bob Roberts
A field recording of the choppy
sea rushing through a gully at
Kynance Cove in Cornwall.
A piece of classical music from
Pakistan, played on the flute and
tabla.
Kilindini Mujimupia
My Are Singing
Contrasts Essconic
Berlin Rain
Recorded by Alan Burbage
By Lucky Dragons
By Daphne Oram
Recorded by Joseph Young
The sound of a grey seal colony on a
beach in Lincolnshire. These grey
seals sound surprisingly human!
Electronic music made from
samples of voices, instruments and
everyday things.
A recording of the 'Oramics
Machine' - a machine that could
turn drawn shapes and symbols
into sound. This recording
contains lots of contrasts and is
great for drawing activities.
A field recording of rain and
thunder, made in Berlin,
Germany.
Lions
Sugar
Wind by 6 Females
Recorded by Simon Bearder
By Matthew Herbert
By AGF and 6 women
imperfections on the
surface…
Dance of the Sugar
Plum Fairy
Composed by James Saunders
Composed by Tchaikovsky.
A composed piece of music, made
by 10 performers moving
cardboard coffee cups across
different surfaces and textures.
A well-known extract from the
ballet ‘The Nutcracker’, played
on the Celesta.
A Mass of Popping
Rhubarb
Harmonium Dancing
By Francis Ouma
A recording from Kenya. The
musician is singing in Swahili, and
playing an acoustic guitar.
The roars and snarls of a Lion,
recorded in South Africa.
Grey Seals
Lively music made from sampled
recordings of experiments on a piece
of sugar and percussion on cans.
Sound made by 6 women using
their breath and whistling sounds
to re-create the sound of the
breeze.
Jew's Harp Solo
Oh Sir, I'm Scared
Lullaby of Itsuki
Performed by Chimiddorj,
recorded by Jean Jenkins
By Haynes, Faulhaber, Waldron,
Stapleton & Berg Sigmarsson
By Japanese Woman
A repeated tune played on a
Jew's Harp (or 'Jaw Harp') - one of
the oldest musical instruments in
the world with a very unusual
sound.
An atmospheric, eerie recording
made from a mixture of recorded
objects like clanking chains and
creaking doors with electronic
effects.
An old Japanese folk song featuring
a solo female voice.
By Hugh Nankivell
By Duncan Chapman
A piece made from recordings of
the ‘popping’ sound that forced
rhubarb makes as it grows.
A lively, repeating piece of music
played on an instrument called a
harmonium.
Lost Indian
Pop Rocks
Upalo Shegvitskale
Oxford United Fans
Musical Saw
Performed by Marion Sumner
By Scanner
Performed by the Sioni
Cathedral Choir
Recorded by Robert Jarvis
Performed by Rhodri
Marsden
A fast-paced piece of American
Old-Time Music, played on the
fiddle.
The sound of popping candy fizzing
on someone's tongue!
The calm, melodic sound of a choir
singing in a cathedral.
The sound of chanting fans of
Oxford United Football Club
supporting their team at their
home stadium.
Atodde Enyama
Harmonics
Marrakesh Walk
The Bee Symphony
Mouth Music
A recording of the musical saw,
playing the popular song ‘Moon
River’.
Performed by Abasaasi be
Bamunanika Ensemble
Played by Katie English
Recorded by Mikhail Iliatov
By Davidson, Harding &
Watson
Performed by Sundui,
recorded by Jean Jenkins
A lively piece of traditional music
from Uganda, with percussion and
voices.
The sound of a bass flute playing
just one note, producing harmonic
overtones.
A field recording made on a busy
main street in Marrakesh,
Morocco.
A piece called The Bee Symphony,
made from recordings of honey
bees and human voices.
A style of singing called 'mouth
music' or 'throat singing' that
comes from Mongolia.
Common Loon
Dive
Recorded by Tom Cosburn
Recorded by Helena Gough
Hymn to London
Bridge
Symphony No.9,
Movement No.2
The call of a bird called the
Common Loon.
An underwater recording of some
divers and their breathing
apparatus. It was recorded using a
special microphone called a
'hydrophone'.
By Nick Franglen
Composed by Beethoven,
performed by the
Philharmonia Orchestra
An ethereal, electronic recording
made under London Bridge on a
theremin.
A famous extract from an
orchestral piece by Beethoven.
Wind
Recorded by Eric & May
Nobles
The sound of a force 6 gale
blowing through leaves.