Guardian Music — Pulp frontman will bring bespectacled charm to bear on four December performances of Prokofiev's classicWho's afraid of the big bad wolf? Not national treasure and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, who will be bringing his lanky, bespectacled charm to bea... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "Nora" by Peter and the Wolf's alter ego, Traffique, from "Traffique's Endless Weekend Mixtape." more info

Guardian Music — Russian pianist and conductor denies charge after police raid Thai property over investigation into a paedophilia ringA celebrated Russian pianist and conductor was charged today in Thailand with molesting a 14-year-old boy after police raided the mu... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonAs well as being a leading theoretical physicist, Brian Greene is an ardent scientific populariser, with a number of best-selling books to his name including the children's book, Icarus at the Edge of Time, published two ye... more info

Guardian Music — The Hammond was designed as a low-budget organ for churches, but it was Smith who marked its place in jazz historyThe Hammond organ wasn't originally designed for jazz clubs, but for churches that couldn't afford a full-blown pipe organ. Unveiled in ... more info

All About Jazz — Imagine this: you drop onto the sofa on a Sunday afternoon, switch on the TV and see a dapper young man with a baton standing before an orchestra and demonstrating the patterns conductors use to lead music in different meters two, three, four and fiv... more info

Guardian Music — Classic FM has announced its Children's Hall of Fame. Now Roger Wright, the controller of Radio 3, has sent me a rival list – and it contains some great music for all agesClassic FM has just announced its Children's Hall of Fame, a chart voted... more info

Guardian Music — John Williams' Harry Potter theme has been voted the most popular classical music for children. But don't panic: Prokofiev isn't far behindLucky old Prokofiev: he seems to be the man with the tunes closest to the bosom of the nation's youth. In a lin... more info

New York Times — For this year’s Works & Process production of “Peter and the Wolf,” the Brazilian artists and brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana stacked wooden slats into models representing Prokofiev’s characters. more info

Mercury News, California — Leonard Nimoy beams in to narrate 'Peter and the Wolf' more info