Retro Childhood Review: Peter and the Wolf

Each character of this tale is represented by a corresponding instrument in the orchestra: the bird by a flute, the duck by an oboe, the cat by a clarinet playing staccato in a low register, the grandfather by a bassoon, the wolf by three horns, Peter by the string quartet, the shooting of the hunters by the kettle drums and bass drum. As I was driving home the other day, my local classical radio station played a recording of the Colorado Symphony’s orchestration of the symphony that made me fall in love with classical music when I was just a tiny little child. Whether I first heard this at my hippie community college preschool program or at home, I have no idea. I do know that my mother, a kindergarten teacher, was a firm believer in music education and we had oodles of children’s books that came with narrated tapes. But the one that has stuck with me after all these years is Sergei Prokofiev’s 1936 symphony, Peter and the Wolf (which you can listen to here).
181. SF/F and Music w/ Peter Orullian and John Anealio

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode181PeterOrullianAndJohnAnealio/SandF%20–%20Episode%20181%20–%20Peter%20Orullian%20and%20John%20Anealio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSDeath metal, the fantastic, and ruuuurrrrrrrrr, oh my! Author Peter Orullian and geekninja musician John Anealio join Paul and Shaun to discuss the intersection of music and science fiction and fantasy, recommendation politics, and much more. We hope you enjoy the episode! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 181 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Peter Orullian’s Website Peter’s Twitter Peter’s Writing John Anealio’s Website John’s Twitter John’s Music You can also support this podcast by signing up for a one month free trial at Audible. Doing so helps us, gives you a change to try out Audible’s service, and brings joy to everyone. Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). Additional music from “Coffin Ships” by (Peter DiPhillips) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.
Episode 54 — An Interview w/ Peter Orullian (the Rock Lord)

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.1–AnInterviewWPeterOrullian/Sandf–Episode4.1–InterviewWithPeterOrullian.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSAuthor Peter Orullian joins us for a long discussion about the intricacies of his recently released novel, The Unremembered. What more can we say except that the interview is all kinds of awesome? Tune in and enjoy! Note: If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 54 — Download (MP3) Interview (0:00 – 52:49) Peter Orullian’s Website (for info about The Unremembered, free fiction, music, maps and much more!) (You may also be curious to know that Mr. Orullian is on the cover of Sam Sykes’ Tome of the Undergates — okay, so not really, but there’s a striking resemblance…) Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks! Thanks for listening. See you next week.