In Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf what animal does the clarinet represent?
Peter and the Wolf gets tighter. Some hunters, who have been tracking the wolf, come out of the forest ready to shoot, but Peter gets them to help him take the wolf to a zoo in a victory parade (the piece was first performed for an audience of Young Pioneers during May Day celebrations) that includes himself, the bird, the hunters leading the wolf, the cat, and grumpy grumbling Grandfather ("What if Peter caught the wolf? What then?") In the story's ending, the listener is told: "If you listen very carefully, you'll hear the duck quacking inside the wolf's belly, because the wolf in
Peter and the Wolf his hurry had swallowed her alive." Prokofiev produced detailed performance notes in both English and Russian for "Peter and the Wolf". According to the English version: "Peter and the Wolf" is scored for the following orchestra: Each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme: A performance lasts about 25 minutes. According to an article by Jeremy Nicholas for the classical music magazine "Gramophone" in 2015, the best overall recording of "Peter and the Wolf" is by the New Philharmonia Orchestra, narrated by Richard Baker and conducted by Raymond Leppard in 1971. "Gramophone"s best DVD version