Malloy sent a full house of kids off into the afternoon playing the William Tell Overture by slapping their cheeks.

Alasdair Malloy, presented a programme that ranged from Walton and Dvorak to the Beach Boys via Henry Mancini’s Hong Kong Fireworks

Dressed in kilted Scottish battledress he signals the advance of concert music as the new cool

compered by the lively and enthusiastic Alasdair Malloy

Behind the fun lies quite a lot of careful preparation to balance the programme; provide enough moments (but not too many) to involve the audience; choose suitable pieces of music; and while engaging the audience; still to give the orchestra the chance to play. Malloy triumphed…

this event, imaginatively devised for children by Alasdair Malloy, focused on music for royal occasions

we all took to our feet and were swept along to the thrilling sounds of Bach set to a pop beat, cheerily encouraged by Alasdair Malloy. The 12-year old’s verdict? Cool. Now that’s high praise

Malloy’s contributions ranged from a performance of “Drink To Me Only” played on his musical tumblers and various percussion stunts

An inclusion were drums made from plastic drainpipes. As our ever-genial host and super-percussionist Alasdair Malloy explained, these can only be played in the keys B&Q

Malloy persuaded the entire house to its feet for Wood’s Sailors’ Hornpipe