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2 unusual facts about Peter and the Wolf


Jay Munly

The work is loosely based on the Peter and the Wolf composition by Sergei Prokofiev The first of the albums, Petr & the Wulf, was released on October 5th, 2010.

Wolfgang Thierse

"Peter and the Wolf" is another fairy tale read on CD by Wolfgang Thierse.


Corinthian Chamber Orchestra

The orchestra also regularly performs with more established artistes, such as Jeff Bryant (French horn), Laura Samuel (violin), David Fletcher (double bass), John Carnac (clarinet), Hannah Gordon (narrator, Peter and the Wolf), Arisa Fujita (violin), Richard Jenkinson ('cello) and So'Ock Kim (violin).

John Seiter

Seiter's first official credit came on a 1958 recording of Peter and the Wolf for United Artists, the brainchild of actor and director Rob Reiner.

Neil Tobin

He is the author and narrator of a Halloween-themed narrative for Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, entitled Peter and the Werewolf; the work appears on a CD with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

The Composer Is Dead

Stookey's The Composer Is Dead is similar to Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra in that it is intended to introduce young audiences to the instruments in the orchestra.


see also

Bach Society Orchestra of Harvard University

Works featured in recent seasons have included Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, Beethoven's Symphonies 6 and 7, Barber's Adagio for Strings, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (narrated by the Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes), and Villa-Lobos' Sinfonietta No. 1.

Petar i Zli Vuci

Petar i Zli Vuci (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар и Зли Вуци; trans. Peter and the Wolf Pack) were a former Yugoslav New Wave/ska band from Belgrade, notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija project.

Robert Kapilow

It has since achieved great popularity in the children's theater world, prompting Boston Globe music critic Richard Dyer to name it "the most popular children's piece since Peter and the Wolf".