YEAR TWO - LESSON SEVEN

BBC Thunder Jam - Weather

Hello Year 2!

Click here to see welcome video!

I hope you are enjoying learning at home!  It is a little bit different to being in school, I am sure it
is just as much fun! 

There are lots of different musical styles to learn about and listen to, shall we do some exploring
with the Thunder Jam team?

We will be discovering music in:

• Cities
• Rainforests
• Express Yourself
• Stories
• Superheroes
• This is Me
• Weather
• Space  
  

Let’s get started!

Today is all about the pictures we can create and imagine with music.

Lesson Seven -Weather

This is what the main lesson screen looks like:

Please click on the picture below to join the story:

The music of Vivaldi inspires Ben, Lottie, Mia, Ajay and Akshay to draw what they hear.

Through Vivaldi they learn how music can inspire pictures and symbols.

Antonio Vivaldi wrote ‘The Four Seasons’ in the early Classical music period.

It has four movements (sections, like chapters), Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

This is his most famous piece, it is known all over the world and used in films, adverts and tv.

Each movement (or section) sounds different and represents the season they are

named after, for example Spring is full of energy in a major (happy, jolly) key signature,

whereas Winter sounds harsh and is in a minor (sad, thoughtful sounding) key.

Did you know? 

• Vivaldi is a famous Italian composer.
• He was born in Venice and lived from 1678 until 1741.
• His favourite instrument was the violin.
• His most famous work, ‘The Four Seasons’ is written for violin - the music definitely shows how well the instrument can play.
• You heard 'Spring' from 'The Four Seasons' in the video
• Click HERE to listen to 'Winter' from 'The Four Seasons'
• Vivaldi wrote over 500 concertos (piece for a solo instrument and orchestra).
• CLICK HERE to hear a section of music from one of his most famous concertos – Violin Concertos Op. 11 and Op. 12
• Vivaldi became a priest, although he continued to play music
• He was called ‘The Red Priest’ because of his red hair (the white hair in the video and pictures is a wig!).
• Because of bad health, Vivaldi left the Church and became a music teacher instead. 
   
  

Well, that is the end of the Thunder Jam adventures ... for now!

Next time, we are going to learn about music and space! 

See you soon. 

Mrs Sumner

Thank you to the BBC and to Twinkl for making these resources available for us to use.

 

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