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Pierre et le Loup

Orchestre de Paris - Stephanie Childress - Alexandre Letondeur - Britten, Prokofiev
Family Concert
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Duration: about 1h10

Program

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Benjamin Britten
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Sergueï Prokofiev
Pierre et le Loup
Orchestre de Paris
Stéphanie CHILDRESS , conducting
Alexandre Letondeur , Récitant - Scénographe

This programme is made up of two poetic and educational masterpieces: Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra and Prokofiev’s masterful Peter and the Wolf, both used to introduce children to instrumental timbres. 

The charming Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, composed by Britten in 1946, is a series of variations on a theme by Purcell, each associated with one instrument group or solo instrument, until they all come together in the final fugue. The English composer was preceded in this vein by Prokofiev and his illustrious Peter and the Wolf (1936). Prokofiev was greatly interested in education and transmission to younger generations, and the previous year, had composed twelve easy piano pieces entitled Music for Children. For Peter and the Wolf, he used the story of a Russian folk tale to personify the instruments in the orchestra. The strings, in all their Mozartian grace, represent the young hero; the duck is played by the oboe, the bird by the flute, the cat by the clarinet, and the wolf… by the French horns. 

 

As part of the La Maestra Academy, with support from the CHANEL Fund for Women in the Arts and Culture With support from Caisse d’Epargne Ile-de-France
Karina-Canellakis

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

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Getting here

Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris