After the unprecedented success of the London Mozart Players' New Year's Day concert at the Fairfield Halls last year, the orchestra will return on January 1 with Alasdair Malloy's specially-devised extravaganza, It's About Time.

Malloy is well-known throughout Britian as an extraordinary musician of many talents he is a percussionist with the BBC Concert Orchestra, a world expert on the glass harmonica and a creator of school and family concerts which he exuberantly presents with the help of a few props, unusual instruments and lots of audience participation.

And just in case it all becomes a little too much for the youngest in the audience, there is a free playroom next to the concert which is available for accompanied children.

q January 1, It's About Time, New Year's Day Family Fun Concert, London Mozart Players with Alasdair Malloy, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, 3pm, under-fives free, under-16s £5 anywhere in the concert hall, all other tickets are £5-£15, 020 8688 9291.

December 19, 2001 17:00