A. Ursyn Orchestra / Children Amos, Anatole, Andrew, Ada, Anselm and Art
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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.