Long ago a merry-go-round with many animal figures used to stand in a city. It belonged to an old lady. She could tell many storiesabout herself and the roundabout. This concert tells these stories in music and words.

Orchestra :

Fl/Picc, Ob., Cl., Fag., Pos.,

Perc.,

Soloviol., Vl 1, Vl 2, Vla., Vc., Cb.

Piano/Cemb.

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There is an opportunity to present a special instrument in concert. For the premiere of this children’s concert, we have chosen the koto with an original Japanese composition. The piece was played by the Japanese master Makiko Goto

Compositions by Alf Hoffmann:

roundabout music 1

interludium 1

roundabout music 2

the dream,

foreign countries pentatonic

interludium 2

final roundabout music

Transcriptions by Alf Hoffmann :

Beethoven – rage over the lost “groschen” (cent)

Gioacchino Rossini – Duet for two cats

Georges Boulanger – Pizzicato –Waltz

bert Schumann – about other countries and peoples,

Scott Joplin – Ragtime Dance

Original compositions :

Yoshizawa Kengyo – “Chidori” ( Koto as special instrument in my “Premiere”-but for your program you also can introduce another interesting instrument to the audience)

Joh. Seb. Bach – Badinerie

Antonio Vivaldi – 3. movement “The summer ”

The scores and the orchestral parts will be available for rental from Alf Hoffmann

Performances i.a.:

Konzerthaus Dortmund

Dortmunder Opernhaus

Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen

German, other languages on request.