(90-second preview)
Storm Movement
from Symphony No. 6 by Ludwig van Beethoven
From: Program 3 of Creating Stories and Music
Length: 00:05:47
Description:
The Louisville Youth Orchestra performs the “Storm” (4th) movement from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in this excerpt from Creating Stories and Music Program 3. The segment includes an introduction by Louisville Orchestra Associate Conductor Robert Franz, who explains the terms crescendo and decrescendo. Creating Stories and Music explores the connections between writing music and writing stories. The series includes three half-hour programs, each of which is divided into two shorter segments. The programs explore character, setting, and conflict and resolution and feature Robert Franz as host, writer George Ella Lyon, composer Lawrence Dillon, and a group of elementary school students.
Suggested uses:
- to review elements of music
- as a demonstration of crescendo and decrescendo
- to compare writing music and writing stories (conflict and resolution)
- to use in combination with the “Reminiscence” and “Sunrise” segments to identify and describe orchestral instrument families
- as a performance excerpt to be analyzed and evaluated using musical terms to describe technical and expressive qualities of the performers/performance (could become a written critique)
Lesson plans using this segment:
- Creating a Sound Story (Primary)
More information on Creating Stories and Music:
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