43. A train ride through Brazil with Villa Lobos and a folk song

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Today on the episode we’re going on a trip to Brazil!

1. We first share a popular Brazilian folk song: Peixe Vivo, a love song about a fish (kind of). You might want to grab a blue scarf and some fish toys to play with while we sing this song.

How could little fishies live

If they’re outside of the sea?

How could I ever live?

Without you, without you

Without you close to me

Como pode um peixe vivo

Viver fora da agua fria

Como poderei viver

Como poderei viver

Sem a tua, sem a tua

Sem a tua companhia

2. Next we go on a train ride with a beautiful piece by Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa Lobos.

This piece was written to sound like a steam engine traveling through the Brazilian countryside.

Watch a video of Charlotte and I enjoying this fun train activity activity here: https://youtu.be/prR3e6veIA4

How to prepare to listen to this piece:

• Make room to move around the room like a train.
• Possibly set up a pretend train to “ride” in. (This can be as simple or as complex as you choose)
• Possibly grab some train toys

How to adapt/extend this activity

• Put your kiddo in a laundry basket or a big box and turn on this video or the audio track while you take them for a “train ride” around the house.
• Draw pictures of the countryside, and/or pictures of trains while you listen to this piece

Note about the music: This piece is entitled “The Little Train of the Caipira” by Heitor Villa-Lobos, from his longer set of pieces: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2. Villa-Lobos wrote nine Bachianas Brasileiras suites, all of which combine Brazilian folk/popular music with styles and techniques of baroque composer JS Bach.

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Be sure to check out another fantastic classical music podcast: Classical Sprouts, geared toward elementary age kids and beyond.

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