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The program, directed by Mārtiņš Kalita, was directed on stage by conductor Kaspars Ādamsons, and the actor of Liepāja Theater Egons Dombrovskis as the narrator. The visual design of the musical production was created by costume designer Liene Rolšteina, lighting artist Mārtiņš Jansons, video projections by Dāvis Kristaps Aigars.
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The world-famous symphonic tale composed by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936 invited the youngest music enthusiasts to get to know the sound of the orchestra, to hear the character of different musical instruments and to connect what they heard with the characters of the tale.
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“Prokofiev’s talented musical material is a great first step for children to learn how different instruments form a unified sound, to know that each instrument has a role in the score – character, mood, they embody images and events. It will be an enriching experience for the whole family. and the task to continue to listen to these nuances in other compositions as well, “the director of the concert, actor of Liepaja Theater Mārtiņš Kalita, emphasized before the performance of the production.
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The theme of Pēterītis was performed by the rolling string instruments, the theme of the wolf was played by Ingus Novicāns, the concertmaster of the horn group, and the experienced Artis Zēns, but the threatening shots of the hunters were broadcast by Marta Kauliņa-Pelnēna and the musicians of the percussion group.
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The symphonic tale 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. Along with the world’s most outstanding musicians, celebrities such as Sean Connery, Sting, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sharon Stone, Sofia Lawrence and many others have told this fairy tale to the audience. The fairy tale also gave impetus to other art genres – 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, Garry Moore and others performed “Peter and the Wolf” as a rock opera.
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Photo: “Big Amber” gathers families for the symphonic fairy tale “Peter and the Wolf”.
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As a prelude to the world-famous symphonic tale, the concert was performed in a captivatingly brilliant overture by Joachino Rossini to the opera “The Thief of Zagata” conducted by Kaspars Adamsons. Thanks to the digital possibilities of the Liepāja Concert Hall, the symphony concert created for the youngest listeners was recorded in a video recording, and next year it will be available for re-watching on the forthcoming concert streaming website www.digitalaisdzintars.lv.
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