The Adventures of Pinocchio

for three actors, woodwind quintet and piano

Duration: 61 minutes in two acts
  
Instrumentation:

  The work is available in two versions:

1) Chamber Ensemble: 3 Actors (F,M,M), Flute (doubles Piccolo), Oboe (doubles English Horn), Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano

2) Chamber Orchestra: 3 Actors (F,M,M), Flute (doubles Piccolo), Oboe (doubles English Horn), Clarinet,  Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion (1), Harp, Piano and Strings

 
 

 

  
 

 This is a work for hire

  
 

 Study score is available for sale

  

Deutsch
The Story:
We all smile while hearing the name Pinocchio: The wooden puppet with its growing nose, its creator Geppetto, the talking cricket, the cat & fox and of course blue fairy… We usually look at Pinocchio as light and careless, but the truth is that what lies beneath this vivid and colorful story is in fact sophisticated and heart-touching: This is the story about a puppet that learns the hard way how to find its identity, its own path in society, how to learn from a hard lesson, how to care for someone else and how to take responsibility. Pinocchio struggles within himself about good versus bad dilemmas, as they unfold one after the other in a most seemingly plain and amusing manner. Above other children stories, Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio presents a model of a story as an educator.

 

     
   
Year Composed: 2009  
Story By: Carlo Collodi
  
Libretto By:
 Lior Navok
  
Language:

The work can be translated to any local language. Currently available languages:

English: translation by Evan Fallenberg
German: translation by Julia Freienberg
Hebrew

  
Supported in Part:
Eric and Edith Siday Charitable Foundation  
Written for: The Hindemith Quintet
  
Premiere performance:

19 September 2010
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The Hindemith Woodwind Quintet
Dejan Gavric – Flute
Nick Deutsch – Oboe
Johannes Gmeinder – Clarinet
Sibylle Mahni Haas – Horn
Richard Morschel – Bassoon
Roglit Ishai, piano
Michaela Ehinger, Marian Funk and Michael Kamp, actors
Yuval Zorn, conductor
Illustrations by Gil Alkabetz


  
     
     
Performance History: Click Here  
     
     

 

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