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A north Wales orchestra is hoping to record the first Welsh-language version of Prokofiev's Peter And The Wolf, narrated by actor Rhys Ifans.

North Wales' Ensemble Cymru Chamber Orchestra aims to raise £30,000 to fund the recording and its release. Ifans has offered to donate his time free of charge and waive future royalties for the project. The orchestra, which has charitable status, hopes to release it next autumn or early in 2012.

"As someone who has had such a lot from growing up in Wales it's really nice to be able to put something back," Ifans said. "Peter And The Wolf is such a great piece and I'm looking forward to being a part of the first Welsh language recording and help get kids excited about this great music."

Ensemble Cymru has been taking live classical music to schools and rural communities in north Wales for 10 years. It is the only full-time professional chamber orchestra in north Wales, and five years ago it successfully toured a Welsh language adaptation of Peter And The Wolf to 3,000 children.

Peter And The Wolf was written by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev in just four days in 1936. The piece uses instruments to represent different animals, and is widely used to educate children on the various sounds of the orchestra.

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