I heard Stravinsky's "The Fox" at a regular concert of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. The last time was in August 91, at the same Suntory Hall (although in the small hall), and it was a Japanese performance by the Ensemble Ad Hoc.
Maestro Rozhdestvensky's conducting was at a very slow tempo, and it was fun to see a completely different side to the "Fox" I usually hear. The two young men sitting next to me also said they found it very interesting.
However, the maestro is a really playful person. At the end of the song, during the march, he dances with the singers as he exits the stage, and after the performance, during the applause, he plays the female cimbalom player.1He sneaks up behind the performers, brushes his face over their right and left shoulders, hoping they won't notice, and then finally taps them on the shoulder to scare them off, adding a touch of lightness to the concert.
This concert was part of the Stravinsky cycle, and featured three pieces: Divertimento, The Fox, and Pulcinella. I recommend all of these pieces. It's a shame that we rarely get a chance to hear them. I hope they will be performed in other cities in Japan.
(Reference) Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the London Sinfonietta Pulcinella