Foxtrot Family Concerts – October 13th, 2018
September 28, 2018
Our local hero, Gaspard the Fox, is an urban fox brought to life in a new children’s book written by author Zeb Soanes. You may remember Zeb, who narrated our last family concert ‘The Christmas Carol’! Check out the website for Gaspard The Fox where you can find more background of Gaspard with some enlightening interviews with Zeb about how this fox came to life, where his name came from, and importantly where you can buy the book!
Our super creative guest conductor Leo Geyer has teamed up once again with Zeb to imagine the musical colours in an arrangement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" that will enhance the adventures of Gaspard. The programme also features Rossini’s Overture from La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie), Leo Geyer’s take on selected movements from Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals arranged for symphony orchestra (which will be accompanied by a reading Ogden Nash’s “Verses” of Carnival of the Animals, narrated by Zeb), and of course not forgetting Poulenc’s L’histoire de Baba (Baba The Elephant).
Zeb Soanes with the "real" Gaspard the Fox
Leo immediately made the connection to Beethoven’s 6th Symphony, the Pastoral symphony, when he first read Zeb’s book. He found imagery linking the two compositions. For example, in Movement 2 – ‘Scene by the brook’ - this represents Gaspard by the canal. Another example is found in Movement 3 – ‘Merry gathering of country folk’ – the melody played by the brass section representing heavy folk music is a perfect pairing for the scene where Gaspard meets the squeeze-box player!
Come along on Sat 13th at either 2pm or 4pm when Zeb will join Leo and the orchestra for our lyrical Adventure of the Animals!
