Peter and the Wolf (2017)

Name: Peter and the Wolf
Director: Lillian Yau
Released: 2017-03-12
Duration: 1 h 6 min
Cast: Miriam Margolyes

Director: Lillian Yau

Cast: Miriam Margolyes

Runtime66 min

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Gorgeous tunes and orchestral thrills for the young and young at heart: with a twinkle in her eye, the warm, whimsical and occasionally wicked Miriam Margolyes leads us through an orchestral storytelling extravaganza. Matching instruments to their animal counterparts in Prokofiev's timeless classic, Peter and the Wolf exploring witty vignettes and a dazzling fugue in Benjamin Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and magical tales of love and fantasy in Borodin's Polovstian Dances from Prince Igor. Margolyes is joined by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with Principal Conductor Nicholas Carter in a captivating program filmed live in concert at the 2017 Adelaide Festival - a sellout performance season that was a crowd-pleaser for young and old.

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Peter and the Wolf (2017) is a critically acclaimed orchestral storytelling extravaganza directed by Lillian Yau. Featuring warm, whimsical narration from Miriam Margolyes and performances by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the film blends Prokofiev's classic Peter and the Wolf with works by Britten and Borodin for a captivating program that was a crowd-pleaser for young and old.

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Fans of whimsical storytelling and classical music will delight in this charming 2017 film directed by Lillian Yau, which features the warm and wicked narration of acclaimed actress Miriam Margolyes as she guides viewers through Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf' and other orchestral works, blending gorgeous tunes and witty vignettes for the young and young at heart.

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Peter and the Wolf is a 1936 composition by Sergei Prokofiev, which has been often performed, recorded and adapted.