Basic introduction Chinese name: Peter and Wolf mbth: Peter &; Production area of Wolf: England/Poland/Norway Director: Susie Templeton Type: Animation/Short Film/Musical Length: 32 Min Introduction, Story, Musical Instrument Application, Track Features, Introduction This is a symphonic fairy tale for children created by former Soviet composer prokofiev, which was completed in the spring of 1936 and first performed in a children's concert in Moscow on May 2 of the same year. This work is one of prokofiev's representative works. Although this song is aimed at children, it has also aroused great interest from adults. The plot conceived by the author himself and the recitation written by him have vivid and profound educational significance. The story is that Peter, a young pioneer, plays with his good friend, the bird, and the duckling at home swims in the pond and quarrels with the bird. The kitten took the opportunity to catch birds, but Peter stopped her. Grandpa later threatened them that the wolf was coming and took Peter home. Soon, the wolf really came, ate the duckling and hid behind the tree to catch birds and kittens. Regardless of his personal safety, Peter caught the wolf's tail with the help of a bird and tied it to a tree. Grandpa and hunters come to the zoo to catch wolves. The story is profound, showing that Peter defeated the fierce wolf with courage and wit in his childhood. Peter and Wolf Musical Instruments use composers to describe the characters, movements and expressions of people and animals. The musical skills are mature, the form is novel and lively, and the melody is easy to understand. The whole song has a running plot, but it is not dry and straightforward; Every character and paragraph is not only vivid, but also contains the artistic charm fully displayed. Of course, the most precious thing is the ideological content of this work: as long as we unite and fight bravely and tactfully, any seemingly powerful enemy can be defeated The short melodies and sounds played by flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, string quartet, timpani and drum represent the shooting sounds of birds, ducks, cats, grandfathers, young pioneers Peter and hunters respectively. In the song, the high-pitched area of the flute is used to express the flexibility and activity of birds (fragment1); Strings play Peter's expression, depicting Peter's wit and courage (segment 2); The image of the duck is simulated by the oboe, which vividly depicts the staggering gait (the third paragraph); The jumping performance of clarinet bass area depicts the alert expression of kitten when catching prey (paragraph 4); Grandpa's old age is expressed by the rich and rough voice of the bassoon, and the rhythm and timbre simulate the old man's nagging (segment 5); The wolf's terrible howl is represented by three horns (fragment 6). Features of the repertoire In order to make the music easier to understand, prokofiev creatively adopted the new genre of symphony fairy tales, that is, while playing with an orchestra to express different musical images, he also used expressive recitation to explain the plot of the music content. There are many characters in this symphony fairy tale, such as Peter, bird, duck, cat, wolf, grandfather and hunter. At the beginning, the band played seven short melody themes for each character with seven different instruments: 1, representing the theme music flute of birds, and the bright timbre in the high-pitched area blew out fast, frequent and rotating melodies. Let mommy and baby feel like seeing birds flying happily in the sky and singing. 2. It means that the theme music of ducks is similar to suona, and the tone of oboe is similar to the voice of ducks. Therefore, the slow theme melody with changing voice blown out in the midrange area is sad and expresses the tragic fate of the duck being wolfed down later. Because ducks are kind and lovely, the duck-themed music played is also beautiful. 3. Theme Music of Cats In this symphony fairy tale, the cat is a naughty character. Therefore, the music that expresses it is the light and lively jumping sound blown by clarinet, which shows the humorous and lively character of the kitten. 4. Theme Music for Grandpa Because Grandpa has a low voice, speaks slowly and walks endlessly, he plays a long narrative sound slowly with a thick bassoon. Let mommy and baby seem to see grandpa nagging. 5. Express the vicious and hateful theme music of wolves. The music that expresses it is played with three speakers, and the timbre, volume and tone all have a dark feeling. Mommy and baby will think this is music with a negative image. 6. The theme music timpani means that the hunter shoots and rolls quickly and intensively, expressing that the hunter walks out of the Woods and shoots at the same time. 7. Theme music representing Peter Finally, the band played lively and uplifting music with strings, vividly showing the witty image of the lively and brave child Peter. Then according to the recitation, the theme music of each image expresses such a musical story: one morning, Peter opened the door and skipped into the pasture in front of the house, and his good friend birds were chirping in the trees. As Peter forgot to close the door, the duckling waddled over and was very happy to see that Peter had not closed the door. He wants to take the opportunity to swim in the pond of the pasture. When the bird saw the duck, it flew to the grass beside it, dismissing the duck as a flightless bird. Not to be outdone, the duck satirized that the bird couldn't swim, so it made the duck croak. Suddenly, a cat jumped out of the grass nimbly and lightly, trying to seize the opportunity to catch the quarrelling bird, so it sneaked to the bird. Peter told the bird loudly, "Look out!" The bird hurried to the treetops. The duck is angry, too. He was angry with the cat and still stayed in the pond. When grandpa came, the cat kept circling around the tree and was thinking. He was angry with Peter because he came to the ranch voluntarily. What if the wolf suddenly comes out of the Woods? But Peter didn't care, because he wasn't afraid of wolves. He was very angry. Grandpa locked him in his room. Sure enough, Peter and the wolf soon appeared a wolf from the forest. As soon as the cat saw it, it jumped on a branch. The duck croaked in fear and climbed out of the pond to escape desperately. However, no matter how fast it runs, how can it compete with wolves? Finally, I was caught and swallowed. The wolf continued to circle around, staring at the bird that was condescending and not afraid of it and the cat that was trembling for fear of being bullied. Peter, who was locked in the room, saw all this, but he was not afraid at all. I found a strong rope in the house and climbed to the high stone wall. Because there is a branch on the tree where the wolf is spinning, just reaching the stone wall. Peter grabbed the branch, gently moved it to the tree and whispered to the bird that it was spinning on the wolf's head. The bird flew around the wolf's head with wit and courage, making the wolf jump wildly, but there was nothing he could do about this clever bird. Peter took the opportunity to make a lasso, carefully placed it under the tree and caught the wolf's tail at once. The wolf struggled desperately, but the more he struggled, the tighter the rope became. At this time, several hunters followed the footsteps of the wolf and chased out of the Woods while shooting. In the tree, Peter quickly told him, "Don't shoot. The bird and I caught the wolf. Help send it to the zoo! " "What a triumphant team! Peter walked first, followed by the hunter who escorted the wolf, grandpa and cat walked last, and birds danced on everyone's head. It cried happily, "Come and see what we have caught!" " "If you listen carefully, you can still hear the quack of the duck in the wolf's stomach, because the wolf swallowed it too fast and the duck still lived in the wolf's stomach.