Ten Pieces III

[french frank]

And where after this? The BBC has announced Ten Pieces III for 17/18 olds 7-14 year olds:

1. Kerry Andrew No Place Like - Commission for a cappella voices
2. Mason Bates Anthology of Fantastic Zoology - Sprite; A Bao A Qu
3. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges Symphony No. 1 in G major – Allegro (1st mvt)
4. Aaron Copland Rodeo - Hoe-Down
5. Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World’ – Largo (2nd mvt)
6. Edward Elgar ‘Enigma’ Variations - Theme (‘Enigma’), variations 11, 6 & 7
7. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker - Waltz Of The Flowers; Russian Dance
8. Carl Orff Carmina burana - ‘O fortuna’
9. Henry Purcell Abdelazer - Rondeau
10. Jean Sibelius Finlandia

Mmm … ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/ten-pieces-iii-repertoire

Marginally on the Women Composers thread, it's good that young composers are being involved in the project (women, at that! - Anna Meredith in Ten Pieces I, Anna Clyne in Ten Pieces II).

[Richard Barrett]

it's good that young composers are being involved in the project

And a non-Caucasian composer too! But otherwise much of the list looks like "classical pieces you're likely to encounter anyway in non-classical contexts". But if I may correct you: this material is in fact for 7-14 year olds, for the 17-18 academic year.

[french frank]

But if I may correct you: this material is in fact for 7-14 year olds, for the 17-18 academic year.

I beg your pardon, I am not well up on such things. I took it that they had done Primary (I) and Secondary (II) and this was for students at the older end. Yes, 2017-2018, not 17-18 year olds.

Though I wouldn't be persuaded that even some of the more mm-ish? (my meaning in the OP) pieces in the list are very likely to be be encountered as anything more than - at best - a virtually unnoticed background sound.