October 18, 2009, 2:00 pm
Great Hall, GBPAC, Cedar Falls
Philip Wharton, composer & Gretta Berghammer, narrator
Wharton – The Giant Jam Sandwich [2008]
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf
From the WCFSO website:
Frequent WCFSO guest composer and guest artist Philip Wharton joins the Symphony to present his appealing music to listeners of all ages. Wharton's new storytelling piece, The Giant Jam Sandwich, features visuals and narration from John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway's children's book of the same name alongside Wharton's colorful orchestration. The second half of this all-ages concert consists of music's most famous story, Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, presented with kinetic artwork by summer art students from the Hearst Center for the Arts.