Bridge The Gap Chamber Players – Peter and the Wolf – TEDxKids@SMU 2017
Bridge the Gap presents the story of Peter and the Wolf. In this classic tale, composer Sergei Prokofiev brings the characters to life by representing each with a different musical instrument: the bird by the flute, the duck by the oboe, the cat by the clarinet, the grandfather by the bassoon, the wolf by the horns, the hunters by the percussion, and Peter by the strings. Prokofiev, considered to be one of the greatest composers of all time, was commissioned by the Central Children’s Theater of Moscow in 1936 to write Peter and the Wolf, which he finished in under a week. As you listen, see if you can identify the different characters by the instruments and melodies!Conductor: Chris Widomski and Narrator: Scott Cantrell – Special Contributor, Dallas Morning News.