Peter and the Wolf

Hardly any other piece of music has ever achieved such a high level of fame as Sergei Prokofiev's musical fairy tale with its characteristic melodies for the brave Peter, his friend, the bird (flute), the velvet-pawed cat (clarinet), the excited duck (oboe), the thoughtful, grumpy grandfather (bassoon) and of course for the big gray wolf (French horn). In the chamber music version for five wind instruments and narrator, the old story is brought t...