The Jungle Book: Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Family Concerts

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra's family concerts bring a film score to the stage. This programme performs Miklós Rózsa's music for the 1942 film of The Jungle Book, with live narration. The details below come from the Visit Cyprus events listing, which carries the orchestra's own description. Tickets and any changes are handled by the orchestra, so check its website before you go.

Dates and venues

What is on

• The music: the score by the Hungarian-American film composer Miklós Rózsa, who also wrote music for films such as Ben-Hur and Spellbound. The listing says the score has eighteen themes, one for each of the story's principal characters.
• The story: based on five of the nine Mowgli stories in Rudyard Kipling's 1894 collection, about a boy raised in the jungle.
• Performers: conducted by Kyriaki Kountouri, with mezzo-soprano Marilena Nisidi performing the lullaby for Mowgli and live narration by Petros Georkadjis.
• Audience: the orchestra describes it as a concert for audiences of all ages.

Making an outing of it

The Larnaca concert is at the Municipal Theatre G. Lycourgos in the Municipal Gardens, according to the listing. See the Larnaca overview for the town. In Nicosia, the old city and its museums are the natural add-on: see divided Cyprus and old Nicosia. Visit Cyprus describes November as pleasantly warm by day with cool evenings, so take a layer for the walk home: see Cyprus in autumn.

In Larnaca

Visit Cyprus describes the Larnaca Salt Lake as a winter wetland where thousands of flamingos stay between November and March, and says a 4 km nature trail winds through the lake area. BirdLife Cyprus gives a slightly different window, usually November to the end of February. It is a good daytime outing before an evening concert: see Cyprus in winter for the flamingo details.

In Nicosia

Before the Saturday matinee, the old city's walls and museums are an option: the listing places Pallas Theatre at Pafos Gate. Visit Cyprus says the capital has the island's largest concentration of museums, art galleries and monuments.

For more events, see Cyprus festivals and events.