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.