Gaspard the Fox and Zeb Soanes
- Credit: Zeb Soanes
A handsome Islington fox has inspired a trio of children s books and now an orchestral suite.
Gaspard sprang from the imagination of Radio 4 newsreader Zeb Soanes after a real life fox turned up regularly on his doorstep.
After collaborating with illustrator James Mayhew on two children s books; Gaspard The Fox and Gaspard Best In Show, Soanes has now penned a third adventure; Gaspard s Foxtrot.
This time he invited Hackney composer Jonathan Dove to set the story to music - a project inspired by Prokofiev s symphonic fairytale Peter and The Wolf. When pandemic restrictions lift, Soanes hopes to narrate his story live with the Docklands Sinfonia at The Barbican next year.