Composer Jonathan Dove CBE created Gaspard’s Foxtrot as a Musical Tale for narrator and orchestra inspired by Prokofiev’sPeter and the Wolf.

Commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra, Three Choirs Festival, Docklands Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Royal Scottish National Orchestra this new orchestral work is a great way of introducing classical music, storytelling and illustration to children. 

Its world premiere was at the 2021 Three Choirs Festival. With the Royal Scottish National Orchestra it has been seen and heard by over 100,000 primary children all over Scotland and, in a week of concerts by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, by 7000 schoolchildren at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall.

The music is published by Peters Edition Limited and the book is published by Graffeg.