Great innovation is being introduced in the
Orchestra – special programs for children will be played every Sunday
noon. During a special meeting, David the conductor
and the musicians discussed what kind of music would be best for the kids.
For the beginning, musicians selected “Sheherazade” by Nikolai
Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), “Bolero,” “L’Enfant
et les Sortileges,” and “Daphnis et Chloe” by Maurice
Ravel (1875-1937, “Children’s Corner” by Claude Debussy
(1862-1918), “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Modest Mussorgsky
(1839-1881), “Peter and the Wolf” and “Romeo and Juliet”
by Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), “The Sleeping Beauty” by Pyotr
Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), and “Peer Gynt: Suites Nos. 1 &
2” by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), and “Orphée” by
Philip Glass (born 1937). They decide to carry out an experimental musical
performance and keep a small group of kids under careful observation. Pearl
(a triangle) offers to bring her six siblings (all are seven year old) and
make notes about their interest and behavior during a concert. She has five
sons Amos, Anatole, Andrew, Anselm, and Art
and a daughter Ada. Alas, easy distracted from quiet listening,
they refused to obey musical conventions and began play musical chairs.
Pearl called it a mother’s nightmare, as
she couldn’t control her kids. Fortunately, the orchestra began to
play “Peter and the Wolf.” Frightened about the scary wolf,
and worried that something bad could happen the kids sit quietly and from
this moment on they behaved well. The next time, “Peter and
the Wolf” was decided to be played first.