PeterAndTheWolf

Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: When Instruments Become Characters

What if you could recognize a character in a story just by hearing an instrument? In Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), each character has a distinctive musical voice, turning the orchestra into a cast of characters.Composed in 1936, Peter and the Wolf was written to introduce children...