The first steps of a little listener in symphonic music – the world-famous fairy tale “Peter and the Wolf” in Liepaja / Article

The first steps of a little listener in symphonic music – the world-famous fairy tale “Peter and the Wolf” in Liepaja

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Sergei Prokofiev’s world-famous symphonic tale “Peter and the Wolf” was premiered 85 years ago and composed especially for the Moscow Children’s Theater. Since the first recording of the tale in 1936 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the work has been published in at least 50 different versions in English and other languages ​​around the world.

Egons Dombrovskis, an actor from the Liepaja Theater, has taken on the role of a narrator in the “Great Amber” concert hall in Liepaja, but it is known that such celebrities as Sean Connery, Sting, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, many others . Egon Dombrovksis admits that he really likes fairy tales, but with music and orchestra it is an incomparably more impressive adventure: “There is, of course, the fairy tale itself, but the other is to listen to music, and music bur pictures.

It is announced that each character will be played by a different instrument. The duck is an oboe, the cat is a clarinet, the wolf is a horn, Peter is all a string.

Let me tell you what will happen – it can conjure up pictures and see it. “

Conductors Kaspars Ādamsons introduce the musicians of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra to the musical fairy tale. The conductor is participating in the performance of Prokofiev’s symphonic tale “Peter and the Wolf” for the first time. “Its music is so bright, rich in characters and images, it says a lot about itself, so this piece has gained such worldwide recognition and it catches the eyes and ears of both a small listener and a growing listener,” says Adamson.

For actor Mārtiņš Kalitas, a musical production together with a symphony orchestra is also a special event, because there are other rules of the game when compared to performances in the theater: “This is not a musical where the orchestra is in the pit The plus of this piece is that it is designed to stimulate children ‘s imagination, to introduce how the musical image, the culmination, well – being.

It’s a good way for kids to take their first steps, listen to symphonic music, decode, recognize images, events and feelings. “

The lighting director of the fairy tale production is Mārtiņš Jansons, but the costumes for the musicians have been created by the artist Liene Rolšteina. Mārtiņš Kalita tells about the special hats: “Liene Rolšteina has made interesting costumes for the directly assigned roles – duck, hunters, cat, etc. The author wanted to create a fairy tale, which is told by musical instruments.”

Conductor Kaspars Ādamsons is pleased to have been able to work in person during this time: “Of course, we really appreciate the times during this time. forward in this story. “

The tale “Peter and the Wolf” has also given impetus to representatives of other art genres in the world. It is known that Walt Disney created his animated version in 1946, adapted for television, theater and ballet, and a Christmas and even Halloween version, but in 1975 British musicians Brian Eno, Phil Collin, Gary Moore’s Peter and the Wolf “performed as a rock opera.

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