Grand Theatre for the Little Ones
Educational project 5+
Led by opera and ballet soloists and members of the Polish National Opera’s orchestra, this educational programme offers children a chance to experience music and participate in educational games in order to make it possible for them to enter and enjoy the world of opera in the future. The participants are presented with the opera singers vocal capabilities and the sound of instruments that accompany opera and ballet performances. The children are also treated to stories read out to them by a narrator to the accompaniment of the discussed instruments and have a chance to appreciate the role of music in theatrical performance. Often, the young music lovers can try their hand at playing the instruments as the instructors encourage their active participation in the meetings. To bolster their confidence, we ask for the children to be accompanied by adults during the matinées.
Ages 5–12
Autumnal String Classics is the first in a series of Grand Theatre for the Little Ones family meetings with music at the Polish National Opera. To usher in autumn, we will give our stage to a string quartet. We will find out if music can mimic autumnal weather, bid farewell to a cuckoo before it takes off for warmer countries, and help the string quartet imitate raind drops.
PROGRAMME:
1. A. Vivaldi – Concerto No. 3 in F major Autumn mov. 2 Allegro
2. J. Haydn – String Quartet in C major Op. 33 No. 3 The Bird, mov. 4 Cuckoo
3. F. Chopin – Prelude in D-flat major Op. 28 No. 15 'Raindrop Prelude' in an original arrangement for string quartet
4. J. Sibelius – Water Droplets
5. H. Wieniawski – Kujawiak in A minor in an original arrangement for string quartet
6. Krakowiak – folk melody arranged for string quartet
7. E. Grieg – In the Cave of the Mountain King from the suite Peer Gynt
8. J. Strauss – Radetzki March
PERFORMERS:
The Time Quartet:
Maksymilian Grzesiak – 1st violin
Katarzyna Grzesiak – 2nd violin and hosting
Elżbieta Porębska – viola
Małgorzata Maśluszczak – cello
Sponsors
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Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
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Patrons of the Polish National Opera | Partners of the Opera Academy
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Partners of the Polish National Opera
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Media patrons
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Media partner