Another chance to hear a major event marking Harold Pinter's 75th birthday in 2005. Some of the tormentors and the tormented from Pinter's later plays are assembled together in a new dramatic work with a harrowing musical setting by the composer James Clarke. Voices taking part include Harry Burton, Gawn Grainger, Gabrielle Hamilton, Anastasia Hille,
Douglas Hodge, Roger Lloyd Pack, Harold Pinter, Andy de la Tour and Indira Varma. With music by Azeri singer Fatma Mehralieva, Eileen Aagaard and Rolande van der Paal (sopranos), Apartment House, Prometheus Ensemble conducted by Etienne Siebens, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins and David Porcelijn.
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