Yuri Simonov:

Video Assignment:
Watch the two videos below and fill out the survey.

1) Shostakovich string quartet no. 3 op. 73, 3rd movement.

Watch the amount of bow that the players use while playing their parts. How do the accent notes?

A different singer, Natalie Dessay, (my favorite) singing the same aria with English translation:
Please start at 1:40 to avoid speaking before the song...

Watch this European Youth Orchestra: What amazing energy!

Watch these kids! What amazing energy!

Assignment:


Watch two minutes of this video and observe how the players move their bows? Small bows? Long, quick strokes? What motions produce angry or loud sounds?

Can you imagine people performing using ice on a lake as their instrument? This is in Russia - largest freshwater lake in the world - it gets super-cold in the winter, here!

Watch a few minutes of this video:

Can you imagine using vegetables as your instrument? These people do...

Czech Philharmonic - Commercial - the voice says: "Things don't always have to be serious!"

Listening Assignment:
Watch these videos and answer the questions, below.