Afternoon Performance: Rory Kinnear narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
14:00
Sun 16 Nov 2025
City Halls
Programme
- Short Symphony(15 mins)
- Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra(20 mins)
- interval
- Lincoln Portrait(14 mins)
- Peter and the Wolf, Op 67(30 mins)
Performers
- Rory Kinnearnarrator
- Sterling Elliottcello
- Ryan WigglesworthConductor
About this Concert
Olivier Award-winning actor Rory Kinnear (best known as Bill Tanner in the James Bond films Quantum of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre) joins as narrator in Prokofiev’s 'Peter and the Wolf', the much-loved symphonic tale for children... and grown-ups too!
With Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth and a charismatic narration by Rory Kinnear, it’s a perfect finale to a whole concert of music at its most playful, witty and wise. Aaron Copland salutes a great American statesman, and crams a whole symphony into 15 primary-coloured minutes: a mini-masterpiece from the decade that saw the birth of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO.
In between, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3’s New Generation Artist Sterling Elliott sings and sparkles his way through Tchaikovsky’s delightful showpiece for cello and orchestra.
**Please note that the Early Bird Rate of £16.00 (available more than two weeks before the concert). Tickets are now £19.00, with £6.00 for Students and Under 26s.