Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf, his symphonic tale for orchestra and narrator, in 1936. The aim of the piece was, on the one hand, to entertain an audience of children, and, on the other, to familiarise listeners with a range of instruments. While providing a playful experience, it presents the distinctive sounds and modes of expression of the individual instruments. Prokofiev described his Piano Concerto No. 2 as his favourite work on a number of occasions. Inspired by the suicide of his cl...ose friend, the pianist Maximilian Schmidthof, the piece is a product of Prokofiev’s student years and was premièred in 1913 with the 22-year-old composer as soloist. The performance was embroiled in scandal at the time, as a portion of the conservative audience walked out of the concert hall. During the Russian Revolution, the original score of the concerto was destroyed; Prokofiev reconstructed it in 1923 based on sketches and premièred it anew in Paris the following year – this time to huge success – under the baton of Serge Koussevitzky. Stravinsky undoubtedly established his reputation with his ballet music (The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring) which he wrote for Les Ballets Russes in Paris directed by Sergei Diaghilev. Between 1910 and 1911, he set to music the tragic story of the straw puppet Petrushka, a stock figure from Russian folk tales. The theatrical work, composed to a libretto by Alexandre Benois and Stravinsky himself with choreography by Michel Fokine, was first presented in 1911 in Paris, with the lead role danced by Nijinsky. Stravinsky produced a revision of the work between 1946 and 1947, primarily intended for concert performance employing fewer instruments.
Parking information
We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.
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