The Little Fox CD

The Little Fox And Other Mongolian Folktales is a two-act children’s folk opera with book, music & lyrics by Andrew Fisher. It intertwines four tales with Mongolian folk musical melodies, Mongolian instruments and techniques, and combines them within a western popular musical sensibility. The selected stories, which feature across a range of published Mongolian folk legends, include The Wise Judge, The Fool And The Moon, Why The Camel Rolls In The Ashes, and The Faithful Little Fox.
Andrew Fisher, composer, lyricist and book writer, has successfully created music for theatre, film and TV and has worked on Emmy-winning and BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated projects. Andrew’s most recent musical Girl In A Crisis, starring Olivier Award winner Lorna Want, was performed in London in 2018 and is also available from SimG Records.
The Little Fox was recorded in Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia at the prestigious White Arch Studio with a professional Mongolian cast and musicians, the physical album comes complete with a 32page full colour booklet including synopsis and lyrics.

Tracklist

1. Introduction

2. The First Day Of Spring

3. Naming Day

4. Market Song

5. The Rich Herdsman And The Fool

6. The Little Fox And The Son

7. The Camel And The Mouse

8. The Rich Herdsman And The Wise Judge

9. Stars Above

10. One Day I Could Be A Hero

11. You’re My Best Friend

12. The Snake

13. Act One Finale

14. Entr’acte

15. The First Night Of Spring

16. What Have You Done?

17. Tiny Little Lie

18. Pulling Up The Moon

19. The Mouse Wins

20. The Little Fox Dies

21. Interlude

22. Negotiate

23. Such A Fool

24. Fool Hero Song

25. Market Song / Tiny Little Lie Reprise

26. Always Your Friend

27. Sumptuous Feast

28. Such A Fool / Naming Day Reprise

29. Finale