The Year 1941 (Prokofiev) The Year 1941 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev wrote the symphonic suite The Year 1941 (Op. 90) in 1941. Prokofiev, along with other composers, was evacuated to the Caucasus when Germany started attacking the Soviet Union in 1941. It was under such circumstances that Prokofiev began work on this symphonic suite. He was working on his epic opera "War and Peace" and the "String Quartet No. 2" at the same time. The whole suite lasts for around 15 minutes. The suite is scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets,
Peter and the Wolf (2006 film) on PBS's "Great Performances" series on 26 March 2008. In January 2009, the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland presented the film with live orchestral accompaniment to a packed house at the Helix in Dublin. The reaction from the audience was ecstatic. Response to "Peter & the Wolf" has so far been generally positive. Animation Magazine praised it for "the manner in which it works seamlessly in conjunction with the music", while Classic FM Magazine called it "a small masterpiece". "Peter & the Wolf" has won several awards, including the Academy Award in 2008 for Best Animated Short Film, a British