"rotoscoped live-action ballet dancers, David Lichine and Tania Riabouchinskaya, moving in silhouette with animated backgrounds and characters. Dinah Shore sang the title song. This segment was an animated dramatization of the 1936 musical composition by Sergei Prokofiev, with narration by actor Sterling Holloway. A Russian boy named Peter sets off into the forest to hunt the wolf with his animal friends: a bird named Sascha, a duck named Sonia, and a cat named Ivan. Just like in Prokofiev's piece, each character is represented with a specific musical accompaniment: Peter by the String Quartet, Sascha by the Flute, Sonia by the"
"Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf () Op. 67, a 'symphonic fairy tale for children', is a musical composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. The narrator tells a children's story, while the orchestra illustrates it. It is Prokofiev's most frequently performed work, and one of the most frequently performed works in the entire classical repertoire. It has been recorded many times. In 1936, Sergei Prokofiev was commissioned by Natalya Sats, the director of the Central Children's Theatre in Moscow, to write a musical symphony for children. Sats and Prokofiev had become acquainted after he visited her theatre"
"hatch. The domestic duck features in the musical composition ""Peter and the Wolf"", written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. The orchestra illustrates the children's story while the narrator tells it. In this, a domestic duck and a little bird argue on each other's flight capabilities. The duck is represented by the oboe. The story ends with the wolf eating the duck alive, its quack heard from inside the wolf's belly. Domestic ducks are frequently depicted in wall paintings and grave objects from ancient Egypt. They are featured in a range of ancient artefacts, which revealed that they were a fertility"
"his hurry had swallowed her alive."" Prokofiev produced detailed performance notes in both English and Russian for ""Peter and the Wolf"". According to the English version: ""Peter and the Wolf"" is scored for the following orchestra: Each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme: A performance lasts about 25 minutes. According to an article by Jeremy Nicholas for the classical music magazine ""Gramophone"" in 2015, the best overall recording of ""Peter and the Wolf"" is by the New Philharmonia Orchestra, narrated by Richard Baker and conducted by Raymond Leppard in 1971. ""Gramophone""s best DVD version"
"with Yankovic. She later recounted that ""the project was a chance for some musical fun and tomfoolery, working with a bright, witty collaborator, before getting back to more adventurous tuning and timbre projects."" Carlos wrote new music for both stories. ""Peter and the Wolf"" track reprises the original story, with some humorous changes. The animals are named: Billy the Bird, Bruce the Duck, Louie the Cat, and Seymour the Wolf. There is also a new minor character named Bob the Janitor, represented musically by Yankovic's signature instrument, the accordion. After a long conflict between Peter and the wolf, Peter catches"
"public domain by the decision. Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf () Op. 67, a 'symphonic fairy tale for children', is a musical composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. The narrator tells a children's story, while the orchestra illustrates it. It is Prokofiev's most frequently performed work, and one of the most frequently performed works in the entire classical repertoire. It has been recorded many times. In 1936, Sergei Prokofiev was commissioned by Natalya Sats, the director of the Central Children's Theatre in Moscow, to write a musical symphony for children. Sats and Prokofiev had become acquainted"
"David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf is a classical music album containing David Bowie's narration of Sergei Prokofiev's 1936 composition ""Peter and the Wolf"", as well as Benjamin Britten‘s ""The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"". The music is performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy. The album was released in May 1978 on the RCA Red Seal label. It reached number 136 on the US Pop Albums chart. Bowie was RCA's third choice to undertake the narration for ""Peter and the Wolf"" behind Alec Guinness and Peter"
"Peter and the Wolf (1946 film) Peter and the Wolf is a 1946 animated short based on the 1936 musical composition/fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev, produced by Walt Disney and narrated by Sterling Holloway. It was originally released theatrically as a segment in ""Make Mine Music"". It was re-issued the following year accompanying a re-issue of ""Fantasia"" (as a short subject before the film), then released separately on home video in the 1990s. Prokofiev, while touring the West in 1938, visited Los Angeles and met Walt Disney. Prokofiev performed the piano version of ""Peter and the Wolf"" for """"le papa"
"Prokofiev to compose ""Peter and the Wolf"" and worked closely with him on its creation, contributing many ideas to the libretto. ""Peter and the Wolf"" premiered at the Moscow Philharmonic on 2 May 1936. Due to illness, Sats was not able to attend this premiere, which according to Prokofiev was not a success. However, three days later, Sats narrated ""Peter and the Wolf"" at its first performance in the Moscow Theater for Children. This second performance proved a huge success and effectively launched the work. ""Peter and the Wolf"", dedicated to Sats, went on to international success. It has been"
"literally, imitating their sounds, as when Sergei Prokofiev uses an oboe for the quacking of a duck in ""Peter and the Wolf""; it may represent the birds symbolically; or it may give a general impression, as when Vivaldi paints a picture of birds moving and singing in ""The Four Seasons"". An early example of a composition that imitates birdsong is the ""realistic"" cuckoo in Janequin's 16th century ""Le Chant Des Oiseaux"". Among twentieth-century composers, Olivier Messiaen used birdsong extensively. His ""Catalogue d'oiseaux"" is a seven-book set of solo piano pieces based on birdsong. His orchestral piece ""Réveil des Oiseaux"" is"
"recorded in combination with Prokofiev's ""Peter and the Wolf"" or Britten's ""The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"". There are fourteen movements, each representing a different animal or animals: Strings and two pianos: the introduction begins with the pianos playing a bold tremolo, under which the strings enter with a stately theme. The pianos play a pair of scales going in opposite directions to conclude the first part of the movement. The pianos then introduce a march theme that they carry through most of the rest of the introduction. The strings provide the melody, with the pianos occasionally taking low"
"""House of Mouse"" and ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"". Peter and the Wolf (1946 film) Peter and the Wolf is a 1946 animated short based on the 1936 musical composition/fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev, produced by Walt Disney and narrated by Sterling Holloway. It was originally released theatrically as a segment in ""Make Mine Music"". It was re-issued the following year accompanying a re-issue of ""Fantasia"" (as a short subject before the film), then released separately on home video in the 1990s. Prokofiev, while touring the West in 1938, visited Los Angeles and met Walt Disney. Prokofiev performed the piano version"
"Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf was a 2003 album that combined the orchestral composition ""Peter and the Wolf"" by Sergei Prokofiev with a 2002 composition, ""Wolf Tracks"", which had its score written by French composer Jean-Pascal Beintus and text written by Walt Kraemer. The project was conceived and commissioned by the Russian National Orchestra, under the artistic direction of Kent Nagano. ""Wolf Tracks"", which has the alternate title ""The Wolf and Peter"", is meant to be both a sequel to and a retelling of ""Peter and the Wolf"". In the story,"
"using a narrator with musical backing. Following the example of Sergei Prokoviev in ""Peter and the Wolf"" (1936), Vincent Persichetti set six for narrator and orchestra in his ""Fables"" (Op. 23 1943). Richard Maltz also composed his ""Aesop's Fables"" (1993) to introduce the instruments of the orchestra to elementary students and to teach them about the elements of music, and Daniel Dorff's widely performed ""3 Fun Fables"" (1996) has contrasting instruments interpreting characters: in ""The Fox and the Crow"" it is trumpet and contrabass; in ""The Dog and its Reflection"" it is trombone and violin, harp and percussion; in ""The"
"(""On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring""), Handel (""The Cuckoo and the Nightingale""), Respighi (""The Birds""), Rimsky-Korsakov (""Snow Maidens""), Dvořák, Saint-Saens (""Carnival of the Animals""), Vivaldi (""Concerto in A"", The Cuckoo), and Gustav Mahler (""First Symphony"", where the cuckoo sings perfect fourths instead of the usual major third or minor third). Less commonly imitated are the great tit (Anton Bruckner's ""Fourth Symphony""), the goldfinch (Vivaldi), linnet (Couperin, Haydn and Rachmaninov), robin (Peter Warlock), swallow (Dvorak and Tchaikovsky), wagtail (Benjamin Britten), and magpie (in a Mussorgsky song). Dvorak celebrated many other kinds of bird, including the stock dove, skylark, and house"
"with his sons several times. The intent was to introduce children to the individual instruments of the orchestra. The first draft of the libretto was about a Young Pioneer (the Soviet version of a Boy Scout) called Peter who rights a wrong by challenging an adult. (This was a common theme in propaganda aimed at children in the Soviet Union at the time.) However, Prokofiev was dissatisfied with the rhyming text produced by Antonina Sakonskaya, a then popular children's author. Prokofiev wrote a new version where Peter captures a wolf. As well as promoting desired Pioneer virtues such as vigilance,"
"the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1984 and 1987. One of her best known recordings is her own transcription of Sergei Prokofiev's ""Peter and the Wolf"", which was released by RCA Victor in Japan. She was known to have had an immense repertoire, and many enthusiasts await the reissue of much of her Melodiya back-catalog. A teacher for over four decades, Nikolayeva taught many prominent pianists and worked closely with the young Nikolai Lugansky, who went on to great international acclaim. Her third recording of the Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues won the 1991 Gramophone award in the instrumental category."
"CD's cover and booklet was drawn by several orphans and disabled children from Moscow. The drawings were selected from the hundreds shown at the ""How I See Music"" Exhibition, an annual event sponsored by the RNO at the Moscow Conservatory. The recording received a Grammy in 2004, the first one ever awarded to either a former U.S. President or a Russian orchestra. Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf was a 2003 album that combined the orchestral composition ""Peter and the Wolf"" by Sergei Prokofiev with a 2002 composition, ""Wolf Tracks"", which had"
"The Magic Violin (Ukrainian song) “The Magic Violin” (Ukrainian name Чарівна Скрипка) is a folkloric song of Ukraine, also known for the first words in its text “Сіла птаха” meaning “A Bird sat down”. The song was composed in 1971 by Ігор Поклад (Ihor Poklad) (December 10, 1941) who composed the music, and the lyrics by the poet, also Ukrainian nationality, Юрій Рибчинський (Yuri Rybczinskiy) (May 22, 1945), both still alive today. Both knew each other during their duty at the army in 1968, and together wrote musical hits like “Two Wings”, “The Magic Violin”, “Still Waters”, “Wild Geese”, “Is"
"bravery and resourcefulness, the plot illustrates Soviet themes such as the stubbornness of the un-Bolshevik older generation (the grandfather) and the triumph of Man (Peter) taming Nature (the wolf). Prokofiev produced a version for the piano in under a week, finishing it on April 15. The orchestration was finished on April 24. The work debuted at a children's concert in the main hall of the Moscow Conservatory with the Moscow Philharmonic on 2 May 1936. However, Sats was ill and the substitute narrator inexperienced, and the performance failed to attract much attention. Later that month a much more successful performance"
"Natalya Sats Musical Theater The Natalya Sats Musical Theater, formally known as the Moscow State Academic Children's Music Theater Named After Natalya Sats, is a theater specializing in opera, ballet and dramatic productions for children. The world's first professional theater for children, it is perhaps best known internationally as the birthplace of Sergei Prokofiev's ""Peter and the Wolf"". The theater that would come to be known as the Natalya Sats Musical Theater was opened in a former movie house as the ""Moscow Children's Theater"" in 1921. It had its origins in a series of touring productions staged in 1918 by"
"and Boris Karloff have all recorded narrations of Peter and the Wolf. The Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theater, built in 1979, was designed with children's audiences in mind. The building houses a large 1100 seat theater and a concert hall with 300 seats. On the roof is a ""bluebird of happiness,"" the theater's symbol. The exterior combines elements of a medieval castle and modern design: the portals are adorned with sculptures depicting characters from various fairy tales. Special criers herald the beginning of performances from balconies under the portals. Inside, costumed characters entertain children before the show. Real birds sing"
"catalog number 20-1908 ('B' side was Happy Journey) . In 2007, it was remixed by independent artist Dalt Wisney and released on the EP 'Lifetime Psychedelic Dance Lessons' Dingbat the Singing Cat ""Dingbat the Singing Cat"" is a 1940s pop song by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra, adapted from Prokofiev's ""Peter and the Wolf"". Adapted and arranged from the Russian Composer Sergei Prokofiev's symphonic fairy tale ""Peter and the Wolf"" with music and lyrics by Al Hoffman and Ted Mossman, it was recorded in 1946 by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra. Performed in the swing style, it features on vocals"
"and the Wolf”, along with the London Symphony. It was selected by Dr. Toy, Stevanne Auerbach, as one of 2007’s “10 Best.” Stevanne Auerbach is one of the nation’s and world’s leading experts on play, toys, and children’s product. The recording was also selected by National Parenting Publication Awards “NAPPA Gold Award.” Trio Voronezh is named due to its founders all being graduates of the Academy of Music in Voronezh. Trio Voronezh Trio Voronezh is a folk music band. This band, renowned for its conventional usage of Russian musical instruments and folk melodies, is composed of three male members, Vladimir"
"was made to accompany the cinema and television release. The recording was made by the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Mark Stephenson. On the edge of the vast forests of Russia, where wolves still roam, lies a little cottage surrounded by a big, high fence. This is where Peter lives with his grumpy Grandfather. Pete is a 11-year-old boy who is constantly picked on by the town's people and his Grandfather will not let Peter go out into the forest. Peter has a friend, the lovable Ducky (a runner duck in this version), with whom he hangs around Grandfather's yard."
"Peter & the Wolf (""Weird Al"" Yankovic & Wendy Carlos album) Peter & the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals – Part II is a studio album by American parody singer-songwriter and musician ""Weird Al"" Yankovic and composer and keyboardist Wendy Carlos, released in October 1988 on CBS Records. It features a comical adaptation of the orchestral works ""Peter and the Wolf"" by Sergei Prokofiev and ""The Carnival of the Animals"" by Camille Saint-Saëns. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children at the 31st awards. Carlos was invited by CBS Records to work on the project"
"they aren’t so interesting in and of themselves that we care about what happens to them apart from the novelty of their situation. As a result, too much of this plays like the boring stuff you need to get through to get to what actually matters, which isn’t a great look for a one-season story that’s nearly halfway over."" This episode draws on Sergei Prokofiev's musical tale ""Peter and the Wolf"". In the episode, the narrator, Billy Bob Thornton, explains to the audience what characters are represented by which instruments, as the episode links each ""Peter and the Wolf"" character"
"Blue Airlines / New York Times video channel. In November 2015, in co-production with Universal Music and its classical music label Deutsche Grammophon, Giants Are Small launched Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood, based on the classic 1937 work by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, a project appearing in app, CD, and digital album formats. Co-directed by Doug Fitch (also credited as designer and illustrator) and Edouard Getaz (also credited as producer, video director, and sound designer), the project features the Prokofiev work combined with an original prequel that’s accompanied by a selection of musical works by classical composers such as"
"Peter and the Wolf (2006 film) Peter & the Wolf () is a short Polish-British-Norwegian-Mexican model animation film released in 2006. Written and directed by Suzie Templeton and scenography by Marek Skrobecki, it was made in Se-ma-for Studios in Łódź and has been shown in cinemas, sometimes with live musical accompaniment. The film is based on the story of ""Peter and the Wolf"" as set to the music Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. Unlike the usual version of Prokofiev's work, the film has no narrator but relies on music and images to tell the story. A new recording of Prokofiev's music"
"performance on 13 January 1945, just a fortnight after the triumphant premieres on 30 December 1944 of his Eighth Piano Sonata and, on the same day, the first part of Eisenstein's ""Ivan the Terrible"". With the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, which was programmed alongside ""Peter and the Wolf"" and the ""Classical"" Symphony (conducted by Nikolai Anosov), Prokofiev appeared to reach the peak of his celebrity as a leading composer of the Soviet Union. Shortly afterward, he suffered a concussion after a fall due to chronic high blood pressure. He never fully recovered from the injury, and he was forced"
"of the musical piece and painted this Inks and Oils inspired on it. The Magic Violin (Ukrainian song) “The Magic Violin” (Ukrainian name Чарівна Скрипка) is a folkloric song of Ukraine, also known for the first words in its text “Сіла птаха” meaning “A Bird sat down”. The song was composed in 1971 by Ігор Поклад (Ihor Poklad) (December 10, 1941) who composed the music, and the lyrics by the poet, also Ukrainian nationality, Юрій Рибчинський (Yuri Rybczinskiy) (May 22, 1945), both still alive today. Both knew each other during their duty at the army in 1968, and together wrote"
"documentary show 'Zoo Time', which used Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf', the long-running 'World in Action' documentary series which ran from the early sixties until the end of the nineties and used a theme tune credited to Jonathan Weston (but composed and improvised by guitarist Shawn Phillips and organist Mick Weaver), which Peter commissioned. Other notable programmes on his list of credits include 'Under Fire', which included 'Rodeo Ballet' by A.Copeland, and 'Searchlight' which included a symphony by Shostakovich. Peter is still involved in all matters musical to this day. He has written many library tracks for De Wolfe Music,"
"piano, pieces republished in Leipzig in 1864 to a German translation. These included ""The quartet"", ""The eagle and the cuckoo"", ""The ant and the dragonfly"", ""The ass and the nightingale"", and ""Parnassus"". He was followed by Alexander Gretchaninov, who set ""4 Fables after Ivan Krylov"" for medium voice and piano (op.33), which included ""The musicians"", ""The peasant and the sheep"", ""The eagle and the bee"", and ""The bear among the bees"". This was followed in 1905 by ""2 Fables after Krylov"" for mixed a cappella choir (op.36), including ""The frog and the ox"" and ""The swan, the pike and the"