Familjekonsert Peter och vargen

About the Performance

Participants

Conductor: Eva Lauenstein
Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

Recommended age: from 8 years

Movie and music for the whole family! See the award-winning animated movie and hear the fantastic music live. Uppsala Chamber Orchestra once again presents the mysterious, exciting and humorous story. “Peter and the Wolf” is originally a folk tale that inspired Sergei Prokofiev to write the orchestral piece Peter and the Wolf.

Uppsala Chamber Orchestra is conducted by Eva Lauenstein and together with the animated movie it will be a unique and exciting experience that touches. Welcome to a concert that has been appreciated by many, both children and adults!

With animals as friends

Peter lives in poverty with his overprotective grandfather. Ostracized and bullied by the local children, his friends are a bird, a cat, and a slightly wobbly duck, who live on the farm. One beautiful spring day, Peter takes his friends to the enticing but dangerous forest outside where the wolf lurks. Despite threats and difficulties, Peter shows courage and the story has an unexpected ending.

Oscar-winning movie

In the story, the characters are portrayed musically by different instruments. The animated film, directed by Suzie Templeton, is based on Prokofiev’s music. The film has won many film awards and in 2008 it won an Oscar.

Musical themes

In the story, the characters are portrayed musically by different instruments. Instruments that portray a character with a specific theme are horn (the wolf), clarinet (the cat), flute (the bird), oboe (the goose), bassoon (grandfather) and violins (Peter). On location before the film starts, the orchestra does a short instrument demonstration and goes through the different characters and gets to hear a small part of the different themes in the film.

Uppsala Chamber Orchestra

With a repertoire ranging from grand symphonies to more intimate chamber music works, the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra has been performing live music for the county’s residents for over 50 years. The orchestra, regarded by many as one of Sweden’s finest, consists of professional musicians and is renowned
for its warm and rich orchestral sound. Since 2007, its home venue has been Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, where it also holds family concerts and invites school classes for educational visits. In recent years, the orchestra has given well-received guest performances in Estonia, at concert halls in Gothenburg, Vara, and Norrköping, as well as at Artipelag on Värmdö. The Uppsala Chamber Orchestra is part of the Musik i Uppland Foundation, a regional music organization in Uppsala sponsored by Region Uppsala.

“Peter and the Wolf” is presented by Musik i Uppland with support from Region Uppsala, Film Division.