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Goldilocks and the Three Bears for Narrator and Orchestra or Mixed Octet
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retailers! Rossen Milanov conducts the Symphony in C, featuring Ann Crumb and Ukee Washington as narrators in Blast Off!, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Billy and the Carnival, and Three Fun Fables. Dorff's narrated stories entertain adults as well as children and are frequently performed at concerts around the world, while introducing young listeners to the sounds of an orchestra. Perfect for holiday and birthday gifts, music education classes, and plain old enjoyment! |
Click the links below to download some mp3 samples from the CD!
1) "Once upon a time, there were three
bears." (40 sec.)
2) The entrance of Goldilocks (21 sec.)
3) The happy ending (24 sec.)
PROGRAM NOTES by the composer
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
was commissioned for the Minnesota Orchestra's Kinder Konzerts series and given
over 50 performances during the 2000-01 season.
The octet version is scored for Flute, Clarinet, Bass Trombone, Violin, Cello,
Bass, Percussion, and Harp. The orchestration uses winds by 1's.
GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS follows the traditional story until the last scene. Rather than running away from her misdeeds, Goldilocks apologizes to the bears, explaining that she was lost, scared and hungry, and Goldilocks fixes the broken chair and cooks them their first-ever pancake breakfast and they become friends.
GOLDILOCKS gives clear
demonstrations of low-middle-high contrasts, corresponding to large-middle-small
sizes of instruments and bears, allowing for pre-concert preparation and music
education objectives. The bears' themes are variations of each other and are
clearly linked to specific instruments, allowing further education
objectives.
The Philadelphia Orchestra will be performing GOLDILOCKS in June 2009! To see
who else has performed GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS, click
here.
Perusal and rental materials are available from Theodore
Presser Company
"An absolute delight!" - Marvin Rosen, Classical
Discoveries, WPRB-FM, February 20, 2008.
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updated 2/19/08