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Nursery Rhyme The Wooden Bridge The ‘London Bridge is falling down’ Nursery Rhyme is based on the one of the most famous landmarks in London. Its history can be traced to the Roman occupation of England in the first century. The first Bridge was made of wood and clay and was […] 
A favourite Nursery rhyme amongst children whose famous lyrics of «There was an old lady» aid memory retention. The poem is a relatively modern rhyme and therefore has no origin in history! The imagery of «There was an old lady» paints a very strong picture which stimulates the imagination whilst emphasising the relative sizes and order […] 
♫ Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones. [Skeleton dance.] Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones. [Skeleton dance. Move to the right.] Dem bones, dem bones, dem dancing bones. [Skeleton dance. Move to the left.] Doin’ the skeleton dance. [Skeleton dance.]
A video designed for toddlers and children to learn about animals and the sounds they make through rhyme, song and dance. These are the sounds that the animals make (x4) The Cat goes meow The Cow goes moo The Pig goes oink The Rooster goes Cocka doodle doo The Hen goes cackle The Dog […] 
ˆ Peter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), with a libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the Peter Grimes section of George Crabbe’s poem The Borough. The «borough» of the opera is a fictional village which shares some similarities with Crabbe’s, and later Britten’s, own home […] 
Benjamin Britten‘s comic opera which is gently laced with moments of face, is a jocular parody on life in East Suffolk at the turn of the 20th century. It is a quaint, nostalgic journey to a bygone England and the journey has come full circle back to Glyndebourne where this […] 
Death in Venice is an opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten, his last. The opera is based on the novella Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. Myfanwy Piper wrote the English libretto ↔ Death in Venice was composed during a time of great physical and psychological stress for Britten: aware that he was in urgent need of major heart surgery, […] |
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