Fat Cat (1983)
narrator, orchestra, and audience 15+ mins.
2(1+picc)222/2221/3perc/strs.
An entertainment for children in which the audience are taught their (easy) parts on the day.
Ipswich Orchestral Society (conductor Christopher Phelps) commission, with funds from Eastern Arts, first performed at Ipswich Corn Exchange, 4 March 1984
`All the right ingredients: a good vivid story, interesting orchestral effects, and audience participation’ – Evening Star: `It sounded very funny but it was good fun’ (Paul Bailey, age 6)
On hire from the composer