Colorado Music Festival: Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf and Goodnight Moon

"What do you get when you mix a boy, a duck, a cat, a wolf — and an orchestra? You get Peter and the Wolf, Prokofiev’s beloved symphonic fairytale that uses the playful story of a wolf on the prowl to introduce young listeners to the instruments of the orchestra. Entertaining actor and comedian Janae Burris narrates this timeless tale. The 2023 Festival Family Concert, conducted by Kalena Bovell and featuring soprano Jennifer Bird-Arvidsson, also includes an upbeat suite from Bizet’s Carmen, Eric Whitacre’s musical setting of the children’s classic Goodnight Moon, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s festive overture celebrating his African culture, Danse Negre."

BIZET: Carmen Suite No. 1 for orchestra
WHITACRE: Goodnight Moon (2011)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: “Danse Nègre” from African Suite, Op. 35, No. 4
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67