Sounds for Children
‘A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey.’ A telling line from Winnie-the-Pooh, the children’s book published exactly one hundred years ago. What have composers contributed to the musical lives of children and young musicians? Time Signal explores a selection from thie remarkable repertoire.
Programme details:
Robert Schumann: Album für die Jugend, Daniel Blumenthal (piano)
Claude Debussy: Children’s Corner, Pascal Rogé (piano)
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paavo Järvi
Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Sean Connery (narrator) & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Lang Lang (piano)
