A new song coming next week to year 1’s.

Hurrrah  Hurrah … Who are marching? Let’s see ….

Singalong …….

1685-1750. Exactly the same dates as ‘Mr. Ice Cream Head’ – JS Bach.

The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.They were a revolution in music. In them Vivaldi represented flowing creeks, singing birds, barking dogs, buzzing mosquitoes, crying shepherds, storms, drunken dancers, silent nights, hunting parties from both the hunters’ and the prey’s point of view, frozen landscapes, ice-skating children, and warming winter fires.

Antonio Vivaldi -The Red Priest’.

This is a Graphic Score of ‘Winter’ from ‘The Four Seasons’.

Check out this great story from Paraguay. Instruments made from materials from a landfill garbage site and played by local children and young adults.

Both are appearing this week at Muang Thong Thani (Impact Arena). Sting on Wednesday, Elton John on Thursday.

Dave Brubeck, famous American jazz pianist and composer, died today, age 91.

Here is a link for more details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20609327

Here is a video of his most famous jazz piece, ‘Take Five’.

Dave Brubeck is playing the piano, not the saxophone.

Unusually, the music is organised into groups of 5 beats.
You can count 1 2 3 4 5 throughout the music.

The saxophone player is improvising, that means he makes up his music to fit with the piano music.