Symphonic Fairytale “Peter and Wolf” at “Lenexpo” concert hall
On Saturday, March 27, a play for children of 1-5th grade will take place at “Lenexpo” concert hall (Pavilion 7). The symphonic fairytale by Sergey Prokofiev “Peter and Wolf” will take the young listeners into the exciting journey to the world of Music.
Orchestra “The Classics”, conducted by the famous St. Petersburg king of waltz Alexander Kantorov, will perform Prokofiev’s music for children. Maestro Kantorov will personally read fairytale lyrics. The concert will also include some popular classic miniatures.
“Peter and Wolf” is a well-known children’s’ musical play, specially composed to demonstrate the abilities of different musical instruments. During the performance children are involved into the interesting game and it lets them learn more about the symphonic orchestra.
“The Classics” orchestra started its educational performances in 1996 in the USA, where the musicians had a tour with several dozens concerts for school children. The concerts were organized at the stadiums and basketball fields and gathered thousand students, absolutely unprepared to listen to the classics.
Later on such performances were conducted in every country where the orchestra came with its music tour: Japan, Germany, Czech Republic, France and Great Britain. Since 2003 such concerts have been conducted in St. Petersburg under the motto “Let’s bring up a happy generation!”. Thousands of children have already had the first exciting meeting with classical music in “Oktyabr’sky” concert hall, “Ice Palace” and “Lenexpo”.
Concerts bring the atmosphere of a live communication between the audience and musicians, and they are remembered as an unforgettable holiday. Children, involved into an exciting game, become active performance participants.
The concert will take place in “Lenexpo” on March 27 at 12.00.
Tickets to the stalls are 300 rub, boxes – 200 rub
Tickets are available in the city ticket offices. You can also purchase tickets at “Lenexpo” ticket offices during the exhibitions.
