Prokofieff, Serge: A Summer Day op. 65a (1941) 15'
Children's Suite for small orchestra
Scoring
2.2.2.2-2.2.0.0-timp.perc:cyms/tgl/cast/BD/SD-strings.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
Repertoire Note
Prokofieff is rightly regarded as one of the greatest of all composers for children. Those who knew him say that in some ways he himself remained a child all his life. In 1935, while working on Romeo and Juliet, he produced a series of easy-to-play piano pieces called Music for Children, which quickly became popular with young pianists everywhere. A few years later he orchestrated some of these miniatures to make this charmingly entertaining suite, like a brief series of orchestral postcards.
Note by Gerard McBurney
Children's Suite for small orchestra
Scoring
2.2.2.2-2.2.0.0-timp.perc:cyms/tgl/cast/BD/SD-strings.
Abbreviations (PDF).
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.
Repertoire Note
Prokofieff is rightly regarded as one of the greatest of all composers for children. Those who knew him say that in some ways he himself remained a child all his life. In 1935, while working on Romeo and Juliet, he produced a series of easy-to-play piano pieces called Music for Children, which quickly became popular with young pianists everywhere. A few years later he orchestrated some of these miniatures to make this charmingly entertaining suite, like a brief series of orchestral postcards.
Note by Gerard McBurney
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