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St John's Smith Square
Smith Square
City of Westminster
London
SW1P 3HA
England
Programme
Kate Whitley – The Animals
John Williams – Jurassic Park: Suite
John Williams – E T: Adventures on Earth
Leoš Janáček – The Cunning Little Vixen Suite (arr. Charles Mackerrass)
Performers
Marc Dooley – Conductor
Fulham Symphony Orchestra
Programme Note
Creatures great and small roam freely in our early-evening family concert, marking the end of FSO’s celebratory 60th anniversary season.
Local schoolchildren will join the orchestra for Kate Whitley’s lively orchestral animal portraits, and we continue the theme with excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s first great ballet score, Swan Lake, one of the most popular pieces in the orchestral repertoire.
In The Cunning Little Vixen, Janáček blends folk-derived melodies with lush orchestration to evoke a glorious, life-affirming journey through the cycles of life. We complete the musical menagerie with suites from John Williams’ blockbuster film scores for Jurassic Park and E.T., featuring creatures from the distant past and a far-off planet.
