{"id":37005,"date":"2021-11-21T08:15:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T08:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/?p=37005"},"modified":"2021-11-21T08:27:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T08:27:02","slug":"stratford-herald-toyah-talks-peter-and-the-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/stratford-herald-toyah-talks-peter-and-the-wolf\/","title":{"rendered":"Stratford Herald: Toyah Talks Peter And The Wolf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stratford-herald.com\/whats-on\/from-punk-rebel-to-orchestra-lover-9226778\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.stratford-herald.com\/whats-on\/from-punk-rebel-to-orchestra-lover-9226778\/ noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-37006 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/stratfrordherald21a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><strong>Toyah Willcox talks about narrating Peter and the Wolf performance with Orchestra of the Swan at the Stratford Music Festival this Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s probably the most powerful way to introduce young people to the delights of classical music &#8211; and fresh life will be breathed into Peter and the Wolf in a special production as part of Stratford Music Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The concert on Sunday, 21st November, features the Orchestra of the Swan, with Toyah Willcox as narrator.<\/p>\n<p>Since Prokofiev was commissioned to write a piece specifically for children in the 1930s, it has worked its magic on the generations that have followed. The marriage of the tale of Peter defying his grandfather&#8217;s advice with orchestral representations of the various characters, remains a brilliant device to open people&#8217;s eyes to the personality and potential of classical music.<\/p>\n<p>And the role of narrator is one that has attracted some extraordinary names &#8211; Toyah joins a list that includes the likes of David Tennant, Alice Cooper, Sir John Gielgud, Dame Edna Everage and Patrick Stewart among many others.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continue reading at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stratford-herald.com\/whats-on\/from-punk-rebel-to-orchestra-lover-9226778\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Stratford-Upon-Avon Herald<\/strong><\/a>. NB. Toyah has been replaced by David Troughton &#8211; See above!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyah Willcox talks about narrating Peter and the Wolf performance with Orchestra of the Swan at the Stratford Music Festival this Sunday It&#8217;s probably the most powerful way to introduce young people to the delights of classical music &#8211; and fresh life will be breathed into Peter and the Wolf in a special production as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50],"tags":[2717,2716],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37012,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37005\/revisions\/37012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}