* This lesson was taken from the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra Classical Adventure May Lessons for at-home learning*

This week you will listen and analyze a movement from Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

• Listen to this performance of “Spring” from The Four Seasons.

• Discuss the questions below:

  • • Can you hear different moods or events in this music?

    • Are there times when the music sounds happy?

    • Are there times when the music sounds sad or frightening?

• Listen again as you color and cut out the pictures attached on the left. Listen as many times as you need to put the pictures in the correct order.

• Discuss the questions below:

  • • What instrument represents the bird singing?

    • What instruments represent the thunder and lightning?

    • What else do you hear?

• Optional Extension Activity: Do some research about Antonio Vivaldi. Find 3 facts about him, and email them to me!

• Optional Extension Activity: Discuss the following questions with people in your house. Do you like it or not? Why? What instruments do you hear? What is the tempo? What dynamics are used?