Music by DANIEL DORFF |
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| PROGRAM NOTES by the composer | |
| Three Fun Fables for Narrator and Orchestra or Mixed Octet | |
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 Letter from Philadelphia Orchestra's Music Director Wolfgang Sawallisch following his premiere of the orchestral version of Three Fun Fables
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THREE FUN FABLES is a suite of humorous Aesop tales, commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra's Kinder Konzerts series which has performed the suite over 150 times. The 3rd fable, THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE is often performed separately. The original Minnesota octet version is scored for Clarinet, Bassoon doubling Contrabassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Violin, Bass, Percussion, and Harp (which is the Histoire du Soldat ensemble plus Harp). The orchestration was commissioned and premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra with music director Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting. Performances of just THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE have been given by the Baltimore Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and many other orchestras. Because Aesop's stories, as well as the music, work both on childlike and more adult levels, THREE FUN FABLES is equally suitable for "grownup" concerts and has been performed to great response on the Chicago Symphony's chamber series. Each movement of THREE FUN FABLES is a study in musical contrasts, particularly THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE, and each character of each fable has a clearly recognizable theme and instrument. For this reason, pre-concert preparation can address these educational objectives. |
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 Carl Lewis narrating the orchestral premiere of The Tortoise and the Hare with the Haddonfield Symphony, Daniel Hege conducting |
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