In 1936, a children's theater in Moscow asked Sergei Prokofiev to write them some music.
Prokofiev came up with Peter and the Wolf, a narrated adventure about a boy who catches a wolf.
Prokofiev used the story and the music to introduce children to the instruments of the orchestra.
On today's Learning to Listen, hear from three of the most beloved pieces for children: Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, Maurice Ravel's Mother Goose Suite and Camille Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals.
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