The Story Orchestra: Swan Lake

Push the button on each scene to hear an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky’s score. At the back of the book, find a short biography of the composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with details about his composition of Swan Lake. Next to this, you can replay the musical excerpts and, for each of them, read a discussion of the instruments, rhythms and musical techniques that make them so powerful. A glossary defines musical terms.

The Story Orchestra Books make for a very special gift that will be enjoyed by many children. My own children love them and we have The Nutcracker in our Christmas book collection. Not only do they make for beautiful books brought to life by the wonderful music but they are educational too, children can learn about this iconic ballet and the classical music.