From Pulp to Prokofiev: Jarvis Cocker narrates Peter and the Wolf

Pulp singer delights his young audience at Royal Festival Hall with his narration of the Russian composer's children's storyBeing asked to narrate Peter and the Wolf is like being cast as Lear: the ultimate sign you have pricked a certain layer of the nation's consciousness. David Bowie has done it. So has Peter Ustinov. Ditto Patrick Stewart, Ben Kingsley and David Attenborough. It was only a matter of time, then, before Jarvis Cocker was given the honour.Like those that have gone before him, t...

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