歌词
The band we just heard playing is called "A BigBand".
刚才演奏的乐队名为“大乐团”
That's the name used for a large scale of Jazz ensembles.
这是一个用于大规模爵士乐合奏的名字
And today, it's through different types of Jazz that you’re going to learn a story of Peter and the Wolf.
今天，通过不同类型的爵士乐，你将听到一个关于彼得和狼的故事。
A story unlike any other.
一个与众不同的故事
It will be told through music, written by Sergei Prokofiev.
它将通过由谢尔盖·普罗科菲耶夫创作的音乐来讲述
And just this once,played by the instruments which made up and Jazz band.
仅此一次，由组成爵士乐队的乐器来呈现
How?It's very simple.
那要如何做到呢？其实非常简单
Each character in the story is represented by a specific Big Band instrument,
故事中的每个角色都由一个特定的大乐团中的乐器来表现
which will play a short music phase that easy to remember.
它会演奏一段易于记忆的短音乐
Let's see how it works.
我们来看看它是如何运作的吧
Take the bird for example:he's the friend of Peter,our hero.
以小鸟为例：他是我们故事中的英雄彼得的朋友
Wow,the bird will be represented by the flute and muted trumpet.
Wow，这只鸟将以长笛和无声小号来表现
The unhappy duck will be represented by soprano saxophone.
而不开心的鸭子将由女高音萨克斯管来代表
This is the highest pitch instrument in the saxophone family.
这是萨克斯家族中音调最高的乐器
It is small and strict.Listen.
它小巧又精确 你听
The Tanner Saxophone will stand in for the velvet-pawl cat.
制革萨克斯管将代表天鹅绒爪猫
As for the grandfather, grumbling into his beard.
至于祖父，他对着他的胡子发牢骚
He would be personified by the Baritone Sax,
他将会被男中音萨克斯拟人化
the biggest and lowest pitch sax of them all.
最大也最低沉的音高萨克斯
Here's the big grey wolf in the woods.
这是森林中的大灰狼
His sound comes from the trombones and the tuba.
他的声音来自长号和大号
Oh,I nearly forgot Peter!
哦 我差点忘记了彼得！
Our cheerful smiling hero.
我们快乐的英雄 他面带着微笑
He would be represented by the rhythm section of the Big Band.
他将由大乐队的节奏部分来表现
The piano, bass and guitar--Three string instruments.
钢琴，贝司和吉他——三弦乐器
At the end of the story, you will hear the hunters.
在故事的尾声，你将会听到猎人的声音
They are personified by all of the musicians in the band playing together.
乐队里所有的音乐家的共同演奏赋予了猎人们鲜明的人格
And the hunters fire their guns,of course you will easily recognize the drums in this part.
猎人们会开枪，当然，你很容易就能认出这部分的鼓声
Now then,do you remember all those characters and the instruments that represent them?
那么，现在，你还记得所有这些角色和代表它们的乐器吗？
Peter,the wolf,the hunters,the bird and the duck and grandfather and his cat?
你是否还记得彼得，狼，猎人，小鸟，鸭子，爷爷和他的猫呢？
All of them?
你是否还记得所有这些角色呢？
So now,let's start our story,right now!
现在，让我们开始讲述我们的故事吧，就现在！
专辑信息
4.Overture