Adrian Dunbar with Guildhall Session Orchestra: T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land

T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land is widely regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century, deeply influencing the past century of literature, music and popular culture.

Directed by Guildhall alumnus Adrian Dunbar, with a score by Nick Roth, the Unreal Cities setting of the poem is composed for four actors, film and jazz quintet, and is expanded for this performance with a full orchestral treatment in collaboration with the Guildhall Session Orchestra.

The piece was commissioned by the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival 2015, supported by Faber & Faber, and created with the permission of the T. S. Eliot Estate, becoming the first authorised setting of the poem in its 100-year history.

Joining for this performance is Guildhall Session Orchestra, a dynamic ensemble of talented alumni from Guildhall School.

Conceived and directed by Adrian Dunbar.

Part of EFG London Jazz Festival

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