Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev passed away on March 5, 1953, an event that received very little news coverage—Joseph Stalin decided to die on the very same date. Stalin not only hijacked ...

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Sergei Prokofiev’s orchestral folktale "Peter and the Wolf," which doubles as an introduction to the instruments of the orchestra, has been a staple of programming for children’s audiences almost ...

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Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf features courageous Peter and his animal friends outwit the fearsome Wolf. Houston Symphony plays popular songs from Disney’s The Lion King - “Hakuna Matata,” “The ...

Gustavo Dudamel conducted. A large crowd attended. The orchestra no longer provides an audience count (it never could be believed, anyway), but I’d make it easily more than 10,000. There were no ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The past couple of decades have been hard on Prokofiev. Although he was ...