- I might mention in terms of a horn quartet that I think you'll find that it's a real rarity, I think
- particularly in a community of this size, but really in a community of almost any size, to find four
- horn players of high school age who can knock off a piece of that extreme difficulty as easily
- and beautifully as they did.
- that we do have one change to the program. Unfortunately, we ran into a little issue with our bassoonist,
- who happens to be the grandfather of Horace and Peter DeWolf, at the very last minute. And fortunately,
- we got a superb IU bassoonist, Juliette Chappellier, to substitute, and she's just going to do a beautiful
- job. She played her first rehearsal yesterday. Juliette, would you stand, please?
- I'd like to ask Marjorie Halpern, who is the orchestra's first violist and also the chairman of the
- Music Committee of the Louisville Symphony, which is really responsible for the running of the Chair
- Foundations that we have every year, to present plaques to the winners and also to Lila Nathan, who
- is the director of the Ballet Arts Academy.
- I love piano. I had a girl come over and play so nicely on the piano.
- by Lila Higgins at the Valley Arts Academy. It says, in appreciation, Lillington Symphony Orchestra,
- 1980. We do appreciate the hours of work they put in to present such a lovely performance, as you will
- see very soon. Lila Higgins.
- Before we start, there's a little part of the staging near the end of Peter, which
- forces us to ask those of you who are in the aisles to move to one side or the other so that we have
- a clear path of about, let's say, a foot to a foot and a half or so through the paths. So if you would
- please try to move in the aisles to one side or the other so that we have it. That's good. Right here
- is beautiful and over here. It's really kind of important. So please try to keep those paths open for
- the performance. Okay, we hope you enjoy Peter and the Wolf.
- to tell you the story about Peter and the wolf. If you listen very carefully, you will see that each
- character in this tale is represented by a different instrument of the orchestra. For instance, the
- bird by a flute. The duck by an oboe.
- Cat by a clarinet in the low register. Grandfather by the bassoon.
- The wolf by the three horns. Peter by the strings.
- the rifle shots of the hunters by the kettle drum. Early one morning, Peter opened the big gate and
- went out into the big green meadow.
- sat a little bird, Peter's friend. All is quiet, chirped the bird merrily.
- She was glad Peter had not closed the gate and decided to take a nice swim in the big pond in the meadow.
- Seeing the duck, the little bird flew down upon the grass, settled next to the duck, and shrugged her
- shoulders. Well, what kind of a bird are you if you can't fly, she said. What kind of a bird are you
- if you can't swim, the duck replied.
- and dived into the pond.
- argued, the little bird hopping on the shore, the duck swimming back and forth in the pond. Suddenly,
- something caught Peter's attention. He noticed a cat crawling through the grass.
- while the duck quacked angrily at the cat.
- in the middle of the pond. The cat crawled around the tree and thought, is it worth climbing up so high?
- By the time I get there, the bird will have flown away.
- Just then, Grandfather came out. He was angry because Peter had gone into the meadow. It is a dangerous
- place. If a wolf should come out of the forest, then what would you do?
- Peter paid no attention to grandfather's words. Boys like Peter are not afraid of wolves.
- But grandfather took Peter by the hand, led him home, and locked the gate.
- How sooner had Peter gone than a big grey wolf came out of the forest?
- Jump to right!
- This is how things stood. The cat was sitting on one branch. The bird on another. Not too close to the cat.
- The wolf walked round and round the tree, looking up at them with greedy eyes.
- In the meantime, Peter, without the slightest fear, stood behind the closed gate watching all that was
- going on. Then he ran home, took a strong rope, and climbed up the high stone wall.
- The tree around which the wolf was prowling stretched out over the wall. Grabbing hold of a branch,
- Peter climbed over onto the tree.
- Peter said to the bird, fly down and circle around the wolf's head. Only take care that he doesn't catch you.
- touched the wolf with her wings while the wolf snapped angrily at her from this side and from that.
- did worry the wolf how he wanted to catch her. But the bird was clever, and the wolf simply couldn't
- do anything about it. Meanwhile, Peter made a lasso, and carefully letting it down,
- the wolf by the tail and pulled with all his might. Feeling himself caught, the wolf began to jump wildly,
- trying to get loose.
- But Peter tied the other end of the rope to the tree. And the wolf's jumping only made the rope around
- his tail tighter.
- Just then, some hunters came out of the woods, following the wolf's trail and shooting as they came.
- Shoot, Bertie and I have already caught the wolf. All you have to do is help us take him to the zoo.
- And so, off they started to the zoo. And now, look at the triumphant procession. Brooke Peter proudly
- marching in the lead.
- and the hunters, leading the wolf that Peter had caught.
- session, Grandfather and the Cat. Grandfather frowned and shook his head. Ah, but what if Peter hadn't
- caught the wolf? What then?
- Here we are, Peter and I. Look what we have caught. Shh. Listen. Listen. If you listen very carefully,
- You can hear the duck quacking inside the wolf's belly. Because the wolf in his hurry had swallowed her.