To support the SQA Higher course

1. Arktis!Arktis!
KarinRehnqvist

2. THE COMPOSER’S SUMMARY
The first movement describes the panoramic views. Not
always beautiful. Not always white. When it disintegrated
great drama was created.
In the second movement the perspective is focused on the
details of the tundra…
Then for a short while we enter the darkness.
… upward-going cascades in the brass and woodwind
which lead to a song, a jubilant song from within.

3. ROLLS
Page 1, bar 1
What else to do you notice in this musical line?
A very fast repetition of a note on a percussion instrument
2.00

4. GLISSANDO (PAGE 1, BAR 1>)
2.00

5. ADDING COLOUR
Page 1, bars 4 and 5
Work out the first note that this instrument
plays. Why is this an interesting choice?
2.33

6. ACCIACCATURA (PAGE 2, BAR 1)
A very short,
‘crushed’ note
which is
played as
quickly as
possible
before the
next note.
2.40

7. CLUSTER (PAGE 2, BAR 4)
A group of
notes which
clash
(dissonance)
when played
together.
2.40

8. TIME CHANGES (PAGE 2, BARS 3-5)
2.40

9. ACCENTED (PAGE 2, BAR 5)
2.40

10. MUTED(PAGE2,BAR2
AND4)
CONSORDINO(PAGE2,
BAR2AND4)
2.40

11. TREMOLANDO (PAGE 4, BAR 1) SEE ALSO
TRACK 10
3.10

12. HARMONICS
Harmonics produce soft, ethereal flutelike sounds when the string is
lightly touched at specific points. Can be achieved on any string
instrument.

13. 5.27 (Tr. 12)

14. SCO WORKSHOP
1. What did you enjoy most about the workshop?
2. List three ‘eureka’ moments that you experienced during the workshop?
3. How will this workshop affect how you listen to the concert? What will you listen
out for in particular?
4. How would you improve the workshop? This can be fed back to the SCO.
5. Evaluate your performance. What was the desired outcome of this creative part
of the workshop? List some strengths and some points for development. You
must have both aspects.
2.50 (Tr. 12)

15. SCO PRESENTATION & CONCERT
1. What did you enjoy most about the concert?
2. What one thing that you learned will you remember
most about the concert?
3. If one thing could be changed what would it be?
4. How will this/has this experience (workshop and
concert) affect your:
a) understanding of music?
b) composition of music?

16. PUPIL SURVEY
“… Many thanks for attending Masterworks yesterday and I hope you and the pupils
thoroughly enjoyed the experience. We were impressed by how attentive and
engaged the pupils were throughout both the presentation and performance.
It is important for future planning of projects such as this that we receive feedback
both from your perspective and from the pupils… It is really important that we get
this feedback in quite quickly as it can help to improve and keep the project
relevant and exciting…”