Sergei
Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Peter and the Wolf (1936)
In 1936 Prokofiev was commissioned by the Central
Children’s Theatre to write a piece for children, one that would introduce
to them the instruments and sounds of the orchestra. Prokofiev wrote the libretto himself
and the music was completed
in a week. Peter and the Wolf was the result.
This story tells of how Peter ventures into a
meadow (which his grandfather has made off-limits to him) and together
with his animal friends (a bird, a cat and a duck) catches a wolf. He
hands the captured wolf over to some hunters, and then all the characters
of the story come together in the finale, where the wolf is taken to the
zoo.
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