Antonio Vivaldi and the Hidden Paintings of Venice

What You'll Learn

• Understand what 'program music' is — music that paints pictures or tells stories using only sounds, like a secret code written in notes instead of words
• Learn how composers use specific musical techniques to represent nature: trilling notes for birdsong, trembling strings for shivering in cold, rushing scales for thunderstorms
• Discover the Ospedale della Pietà — a special orphanage in Venice where Vivaldi taught abandoned girls to become world-famous musicians who performed behind iron screens
• Learn what a concerto is — a musical conversation where one soloist gets to be the star while the orchestra supports them, like the moment a shy person finally gets to shine
• Experience how closing your eyes and listening carefully can help you travel anywhere — to a summer storm, a harvest festival, or a warm fireside — without ever leaving your bed