Mike Batt presents “The Composing of the Snark”
Does setting Snark to music involve more forks and hope, or smiles and soap? Mike Batt takes us behind the music and details the creation of his concept album and West End stage musical The Hunting of the Snark. Followed by an interview with Heather Simmons of the LCSNA.
Mike Batt, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, record producer, director, conductor and former Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry. Having achieved substantial international success as a solo artist he is particularly known in the UK for creating The Wombles pop act, writing many hits including the chart-topping “Bright Eyes," and discovering Katie Melua. He has conducted many of the world’s great orchestras, including the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony and Stuttgart
Philharmonic. He wrote a concept album and West End stage musical based on Lewis Carroll’s famous nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark. See MikeBatt.com
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