Another Teldec release presents an even more involved and emotional musical cycle: Harrison Birtwistle's Pulse Shadows.

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Burnley Lib-Dem MP Gordon Birtwistle is supporting his plea for help.

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Birtwistle himself has no recollection of such an exit and, while he may have disliked the opera, Britten's letters show both sympathy and support for the difficult young composer, and he helps him obtain a study fellowship in America.

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