2009 Jeux de la Francophonie players. Total Games medal count The 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie games closing ceremony took place in BIEL, downtown Beirut, on 7 September. The festivities were opened with a classical concert led by conductor Harout Fazlian, followed by a folkloric African music concert specially composed for the occasion. Eliya Francis and Cynthia Samaha interpreted Mozart's opera Bastien und Bastienne, and the following set by Canzone Napoletana was also interpreted by Francis. A large Zorba ring preceded the concert of the Lebanese pop artist Ragheb Alama accompanied by belly dancers. The festivities ended with an electronic music event by the Franco
Alfred Reynolds (composer) the comic book by of that name) and a score for The Swiss Family Robinson. In 1947, he wrote music for a Stratford-upon-Avon adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass". A two-act comic opera, "The Limpet in the Castle", was premiered in 1958 at Wombwell, Yorkshire. Much of his theatre music has been played in the concert hall. Reynolds died aged 84 at Bognor Regis on 18 October 1969. Philip L. Scowcroft, "Theatre Conductor and Composer: Alfred Reynolds (1884-1969)" Alfred Reynolds (composer) Alfred Reynolds (1884–1969) was a composer of light music for the theatre. He was born in