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Can you clap the cymbal part from Carmen?

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Can you clap the cymbal part from Carmen?

SUBJECTS:  Arts

YEARS:  F–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7–8


Get your clapping hands ready and join the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as they play some music from the opera Carmen, by composer Bizet.

Follow along with host Paul Rissmann and see if you can keep up with the orchestra!

How does this piece of music make you feel?

Why do you think it has that effect?


Acknowledgements

With thanks to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.


Date of broadcast: 5 May 2016


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