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Pet Shop Boys - Sold on Song

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Stuart Maconie presents a full-blown concert featuring the Pet Shop Boys
(Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe), recorded on 8 May at London's Mermaid
Theatre. Exploiting the orchestral layerings of their melancholic synth-pop sound, Britain's premier chart duo perform alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Nick Ingman, and a troupe of music luminaries, including studio masters Anne Dudley and Trevor Horn, who has produced their latest album. Rufus Wainwright and Robbie Williams perform a Pet Shop Boys song each, and Tennant and Lowe discuss their craft, which has given the canon West End Girls, It's a Sin, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, Rent, Heart, Being Boring and dozens of other gems.

Contributors

Presenter:
Stuart Maconie
Producer:
Ruth Beazley
Producer:
Mark Hagen
Musicians:
Pet Shop Boys
Interviewee:
Neil Tennant
Interviewee:
Chris Lowe
Musicians:
BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor:
Nick Ingman
Musician:
Anne Dudley
Musician:
Trevor Horn
Singer:
Rufus Wainwright
Singer:
Robbie Williams
Source: Radio Times

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