Peter and the Wolf and Other Musical Stories

Part I
SUMMER DAY

Sergei Prokofiev
 
Summer Day, suite for orchestra, op. 65 bis
(Morning, Tip and Run, Waltz, Repentance, March, Evening, The Moon is Over the Meadows)
Three Children's Songs for voice and piano, op. 68
(The Chatterbox, The Little Pigs)
Music for Children for piano, op.65
(Promenade, Rain and Rainbow)

Morning
Waltz
orchestra

The Chatterbox on poem by A. Barto 
Elmira Karakhanova (soprano)
Alexander Pravednikov (piano)

Promenade
Rain and Rainbow
Nikolay Mukhametov (piano)

Tip and Run
Repentance
March
orchestra

 The Little Pigs on poem by L. Kvitko 
Xenia Dezhneva (soprano)
Alexander Pravednikov (piano)

Evening
The Moon is Over the Meadows
orchestra

Text of Anna Genina is read by Evgeny Redko


Part II

Sergei Prokofiev
PETER AND THE WOLF
Symphonic fairy tale for children, op. 67

Storyteller: Evgeny Redko
Peter: String Ensemble
Bird (flute): Natalia Bereslavtseva
Duck (oboe): Evgeny Roshchin-Ivanov
Cat (clarinet): Dmitry Limantsev
Grandfather (bassoon): Taras Zhukovsky
Wolf (horns): Artur Arzumanov, Aleksei Pochtarenko, Nikolai Shklyar
Hunter Shots (timpani, bass drum): Anton Mikhalevsky, Oleg Vorobyev

Trumpet solo: Alexander Skvortsov
Trombone solo: Yakov Bragin

Bolshoi Theatre Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Mikhail Tsinman