"I'll be there in the morning m'lady. Don't worry" - Mr Carson, Downton Abbey
Have you ever been in an old House... castle, mansion, stately home.
I remember being in Bamburgh Castle for the first time... huge building with huge ceilings, big portraits on the wall and also large Mirrors to make the light (pre electric) brighter in the rooms back in the old days. Wood everywhere...
Large windows, paintings, portrait of the Duke from 300 years ago, chaise longue, four poster bedroom, the kids play room with dolls etc. The life of luxury!
There was a room for everything - entry room, sitting room, games room, library, kids room, dining room, music room, bathroom, dungeon...! How quaint!
However there was also the workers quarters
Galley kitchen, workers dormitories, no windows, no lights... much gloomier affair...
Imagine living in those days... Imagine yourself having the daily routine of getting up in your jammies, breakfast served and reading the newspaper in the living room, bath time, into the library, out into the walled garden.
Then imagine the life as the worker. Hectically preparing meals, helping washing the family, entertaining the kids and putting them to bed.
Any classical music I listened to prior to University was pretty much what I thought happened in these types of places. Posh people paying poor people to play for them to continue to live poshly...
Mozart's Violin Concerto No.5 last movement is in a form called Rondo with different sections of the movement.
Section A - Happy
Section B - Stately
Section A - Happy
Section C - Frantic
Etc
Pretend to be walking through the different rooms and daily life of the house in the happy sections of the music. Start in the living room and look at the artefacts. Follow the changes in music as you move to another place/room. What do you see? What is happening?
When it gets sad feel the frantic nature in the kitchen as a worker preparing for the day ahead.
AND
Listen to the original theme different sections and follow it back to the original theme as you go back to the living room every time. Hear the changes on Mood with changes in Key.
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