2 flutes (2 also picc), 2 oboes (1 also cor anglais), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals, bass drum, side drum, long narrow Indian drum, glockenspiel, celesta, harp, strings

1  Thank you
2  Where is he?
3  Something or nothing
4  The man with a gun
5  Jingle
6  The lame duck
7  Gentle bunny
8  Death of bunny
9  Ashanti battle song

[a] Rutherford 13:53*   [b] Brabbins 12:21

(*The Ashanti battle song movement was 3:13; when encored at the performance, it timed at 2:51)

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Introduction - Malcolm MacDonald

Performances

5 July 1977 [first performance] . George Heriot's School, Edinburgh
George Heriot's School First Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford

17-24 July 1977 [Ashanti battle song only]. Spanish tour:  Lloret de Mar, Montserrat, Barcelona, Girona and Sitges
George Heriot's School First Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford

27 March 2001 . Melbourne Grammar School, Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne Grammar School SO, conductor Martin Rutherford

Commercial recordings

5 July 1977 [at the first performance] (except Jingle rec at earlier session) . George Heriot's School, Edinburgh 
George Heriot's School First Orchestra, conductor Martin Rutherford

31 May - 1 June 2012 . RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow / Dutton
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Released as Dutton CDLX 7296, November 2012

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