Wisconsin Philharmonic
Shattuck Music Center
218 N. East Ave., Waukesha
3 p.m. Sunday, May 22
Peter and the Wolf, the tale of a young boy who captures a vicious wolf, was purposely composed by Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) to be accessible to children—its didactic scoring full of clearly representative themes for various animals. Complementing Peter, Charles Grosz of the WP reports there will be a pre-concert (2 p.m.) “instrumental petting zoo,” during which “children may try all sorts of orchestral instruments.” Selections from Aaron Copland’s ballet Rodeo fill out the concert program.
