Valery Gergiev conducts Peter and the Wolf

Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf takes the fable's familiar characters—the young hero Peter, the duck, the grandfather, the cat, the wolf, and many others—and gives each a personifying musical instrument. The work perfectly blends musical storytelling with educational content, weaving a lesson on classical music into a musical flight of fancy that has delighted children and adults alike for generations.

For this year’s MPHIL 360°, Valery Gergiev and the Münchner Philharmoniker join forces with the world-renowned Mariinsky Orchestra of St. Petersburg to put together a musical celebration of impressive proportions! The three day festival presents all of Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonies and piano sonatas, all five of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s violin concerti as well as selected piano sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti and works by Richard Wagner and Edward Elgar. Stars and star-ensembles of today’s classical music world will also be taking part in the performances, in particular honorees of the International Tchaikovsky competition.

Photo: Valery Gergiev © Marco Borggreve / Decca