Time for Music: Intro – Years 3 & 4 Listen Up!
Let's Get Creative! Body percussion Poem
Listen to In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg. Click on the film clip and listen to the musical story. This music tells the story of a young boy – Peer Gynt, who falls in love with a girl but is not allowed to marry her. He runs away into the mountains but is captured by trolls who take him to their King. Peer Gynt tries to escape and is chased by the trolls but eventually gets away.
CanI you Peer Gynt’s footsteps canmake hearthe mysound handsof go clap, clap, clap. as he creeps through the Mountain King’s Palace? can hear mywith feetthe gomusic. stamp, stamp, stamp. TryAnd and Itip-toe in time
And I can hear my legs go slap, slap, slap. But I can’t hear my eyes go blink, blink, blink.
I can hear my knees go knock, knock, knock. And I can hear my tongue go cluck, cluck, cluck. I can hear my fingers go snap, snap, snap. The music gradually gets faster and louder. Can you make your But I can’t headwith go the nod,music? nod, nod. footsteps do thehear same my in time Key Words: Accelerando – gradually getting faster Crescendo – gradually getting louder
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/KS2edvard-grieg-in-the-hall-of-the-mountain-kingfrom-peer-gynt/z7nf3k7
Watch the full orchestral performance (click the second film clip). As you listen, draw a picture of one of the following: • • •
The Hall of the Mountain King – his grand palace The Mountain Kind Himself – Remember, he is an ugly troll! Peer Gynt running away down a twisty mountain path.