Today we heard a modified story of Peer Gynt with music composed by Edvard Grieg.
The students listened for ways that the music connected to the story.
I also gave them a coloring sheet of the the characters so that they can listen to it again and use the characters to recreate the story.
The story opens up with "Morning" which the students are familiar with.
As the story progresses, the main characters find themselves in a cave surrounded by trolls and the Mountain King. The music from "In the Hall of the Mountain King" gets louder and faster as the adventure comes to its' climax. The story concludes with "Morning" again as the main characters find their way through the forest and back home.
Here are links to the music:
- "Morning" by Grieg
- "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg
1st and 2nd:
We have been learning about Mr. Vivaldi this month.
We had a lot of fun acting out the story behind the music of "Spring" from The Four Seasons. The students were able to identify 4 characters in "Spring": the happy people, the birds, the stream, and the thunderstorm.
You can listen to it again here:
- "Spring" by Vivaldi
