At the Orchestra

At the orchestra we listened to fantastic music that was from the 1600's to the 1900's. The beautiful music was played at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.

Musical instruments played music from great movies, shows and a long time ago. There was a funny person who gave the conductor a wig and a stick.... because that's what conductors sometimes did in France in the 1600's. Monteverdi was using a big, thick bamboo stick to conduct the orchestra when he he wacked the stick on his foot. He didn't go to the hospital straight away...and ten weeks later he died of blood poisoning!!! The trumpet played the Indiana Jones music.

Dylan liked the Mozart music best. Thomas liked the Bethoven bit. The ballet bit was good too. Xavier thought he looked like a ballerina man. We heard lots of new instruments. We learned some new ways of clapping too. So have fun conducting your orchestra... but make sure you don't whack your foot too!!!