Preludes: The Pied Piper

Jonathan Dove The Pied Piper
Reade Prelude from The Victorian Kitchen Garden
Giampieri The Carnival of Venice
Scott Joplin The Entertainer
Gershwin I Got Rhythm
Bernstein Somewhere and America from West Side Story
Plus pieces by the young recorder consort

Emma Johnson clarinet
John Lenehan piano
With children from Bristol Ensemble’s Preludes project

One of the UK’s best-known classical artists, clarinettist Emma Johnson leads a collection (or, in rat terms, a ‘mischief’) of young recorder players in a special Bristol performance of Jonathan Dove’s The Pied Piper. Originally commissioned by Southampton Music Service, this delightful 20-minute piece of musical theatre tells the cautionary tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, set to a backdrop of children’s artwork.

Preludes music project has been working with young players from Oasis Academy Long Cross and Oasis Academy Bankleaze primary schools, plus a consort of more advanced young players brought together especially for the occasion.

The performance is preceded by Emma and John’s introduction to the wonders of the clarinet and piano through a popular collection of pieces chosen especially for a young audience.