By “Shall I tell you a story?”
Sergei Prokofiev / Peter Ustinov / Herbert von Karajan, 1960: Peter And The Wolf
Granted, there surely are better quality recordings out there, but only technically: Who can surpass the combo Ustinov/Karajan? Enjoy half an hour of story-telling on this cold January Sunday.
One of my absolute favorites from childhood! We’re heading off to the symphony this afternoon — Rachmaninoff’s 1st Piano Concerto — and I’m looking forward to that, of course. Our KC Symphony is also doing a performance of Peter and the Wolf next month. I thought about taking one of our younger grandsons, but I’m not sure he could sit still for the performance, so I didn’t get tickets. Instead, I’ll just listen to your link today! Thank you for sharing it.
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You are very welcome, and enjoy Rachmaninoff this afternoon. We have him coming up on our feature either next Sunday or the Sunday after that. 🙂
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I will be looking forward to it!
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It’s next week, in fact.
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🙂
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I loved this musical story. If I wanted to terrorize my little brother I’d start humming… now we are close friends! Miracles do happen. I am fortunate.
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🙂 Sounds familiar, haha.
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Oh, happy memories, both of playing Peter in a school performance of the piece when I was a small boy and then of sharing it with my own children. I think it is a classic that will delight children (of all ages! ) for generations to come.
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Making memories… Isn’t it interesting how little time means when decades-old memories still make us smile today, how little space means when such memories instantly take us back to where we were then, and also, to who we were?
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Beautifully put. I agree completely.
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