Peter Pan Suite

Original title: Pán Péter Suite

Orchestra Suite based on the children ballet under the same name.

Full instrument list:

• Piccolo
• Flute
• 2 Oboe
• 2 Clarinet in B-flat
• 2 Bassons
• 2 Horn in F
• 2 Trumpets in B-flat
• 2 Tronbones
• Tuba
• 2 Percussionist (Gran Cassa, Suspended Cymbal, Piatti, Bells, Tamburino, Tamburino piccolo, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Wood Bock, TamTam)
• Timpani
• Piano
• Celesta
• Harp
• Strings

Composer’s Note

In 2007, I composed the ballet Peter Pan and the Lost Boys for children together with Csaba Faltay. The production was staged by several theatres across Hungary. The original score used digital instrumentation, created by Faltay, who was credited as co-composer for this contribution.

At the request of conductor Gábor Hollerung, I later arranged the ballet’s music into an orchestral suite for full symphony orchestra for the Dohnányi Orchestra. As the digital instrumentation was removed and replaced with new orchestration, Csaba Faltay is no longer credited as co-composer in the suite version.

The suite consists of six movements based on key musical scenes from the ballet. I selected moments that capture the essence of individual characters or dramatic situations, in hopes that children who saw the original ballet will recognise these themes. Beyond re-orchestration, I also enriched and condensed the material in some places.