Penguin Cafe | Classical review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonComposer Simon Jeffes (1949-97) was one of the great individuals of the past century, as idiosyncratically English as Cornelius Cardew, Gustav Holst and the Beatles. Recording and touring with his evolving collective the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, he made world music from an alternate universe, composing jingles, folk tunes and even a ballet.This late-night Prom brought Jeffes's work to life once more courtesy of the second-generation Penguin Cafe, a new band led by his son...

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