CD2

Music Appreciation

Supplemental CD2,

Peter and the Wolf, Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra

SERGE PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)

Peter and the Wolf

(A Musical Tale for Children, Op. 67)

Introduction: "Peter and the Wolf"

Actors:

Peter - Strings, (violins, violas, cellos, double bass) Grandfather - Bassoon

The Bird - Flute

The Duck - Oboe

The Cat - Garinet

The Hunters - Double Basses alternating with strings pizzicato The Hunters Guns - Tympani

The Big Grey Wolf - French Horns, Trombones and Tuba

"Now to our story. Early one morning, Peter opened the gate. . . ."

"Suddenly, something caught Peter's attention"

"No sooner had Peter gone. . . "

"And this is how things stood"

"But now, . . . now the hunters came out of the woods"

"And now. . . now imagine the triumphant procession"

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)

The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 34)

Tuning up - "These are the sounds made by a hundred musicians playing many different kinds of instruments"

"It all starts with an idea"

Original theme composed by Henry Purcell, played on the Baroque Lute

Rehearsal excerpts

Clarinet

Strings

Brass (trumpets and trombones)

"All of them are now ready. . . "

Entire orchestra plays Purcell theme Woodwinds play the theme

Brass instruments play the theme

Strings play the theme

Percussion instruments tap out theme

Once again the full orchestra announces the theme

"It is time that each instrument speaks for itself" Variation 1

Two flutes, Piccolo

"When two oboes discuss the Theme, their observation may seem more penetrating" Variation 2

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"Clarinets are glib talkers and are very popular" Variation 3

"Easily recognized is the gossip of the bassoon" Variation 4

"30 of the 60 string players are violinists" Variation 5

"The alto voice of the viola is larger than the violin's" Variation 6

"The violoncello is larger still" Variation 7

"The double bass stands as high as a man" Variation 8

"Words plucked from anyone of the harps 47 strings are always easy to understand" Variation 9

"The horn is a brass instrument" Variation 10

"These two trumpets challenge each other in a brilliant exchange" Variation 11

"The giants of the brass, the trombones and tuba. always like to have the last word" Variation 12

"The comment of the percussion is right to the point" Variation 13

"Everyone has had his say"

FUGUE (Featured instruments in order of appearance)

Piccolo

Flute

Oboe

Clarinet Bassoon Violins

Violas

Cellos

Double Basses Harp

French Horn Trumpets Trombones Percussion Entire Orchestra