Dancing to a Different Tune

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

World-renowned violinist Hilary Hahn plays a musician with a miraculous gift in this whimsical folktale from South America, North Africa, Europe and the US.

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0:00.0	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:08.8	Have you ever heard the expression, music calms the savage beast?
0:15.6	What the saying means is music can be so powerful.
0:19.6	It can soothe anyone, no matter how upset, distressed, or
0:25.0	worked up they may be. In today's tale, we'll meet a musician whose sounds don't just calm
0:31.7	the savage beast. They make it dance.
0:45.7	I'm Rebecca Shear, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.
0:50.4	Today, our story is called Dancing to a Different Tune.
0:54.0	It's inspired by tales from the South American country of Brazil, though you'll find
0:55.0	versions of this story in many other places, including Denmark, Egypt, England, Germany, Ireland,
1:02.3	Italy, Norway, Russia, and the Ozark Mountains of the United States. Some really great people
1:09.2	came together to bring you our version of this folktale,
1:12.1	including three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hillary Hahn. Hillary has made a career of
1:18.5	connecting with fans and musicians of all ages, from her recordings of the first three Suzuki
1:24.1	violin books to her Bring Your Own Baby Concerts and
1:27.5	100 Days of Practice project on social media.
1:30.9	Also, not only does Hillary play
1:33.2	the main character in our story,
1:35.5	she also did us the honor of playing
1:37.5	the violin.
1:39.3	So, circle around everyone.
1:41.4	For dancing to a different tune.
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