"200 Motels" - The Suites based on the score for Frank Zappa's 1971 film, "200 Motels" (2013, Live)

BBC Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia & London Voices

"200 Motels The Suites"

October 29, 2013
Concert "The Rest Is Noise" festival, 'Royal Festival Hall', London, UK

Broadcast on dutch radio 6 in three parts during Co de Kloet's Radio Show

on 2013/12/29, 2014/01/03 and 2014/01/06.

Performers
Claron McFadden - soprano
Tony Guilfoyle - Frank
Richard Strange - narrator, Rance
Ian Shaw - Mark
Brendan Reilly - Howard, Cowboy Burt
Sophia Brous - Groupie 1 (Janet), Larry the Dwarf
Diva Zappa - Groupie 2 (Lucy)
Jessica Hynes - Good Conscience, Donovan
Jay Rayner - Bad Conscience, Ginger
Scott Thunes - Jeff
BBC Concert Orchestra
Southbank Sinfonia
London Voices
Jurjen Hempel - conductor

The Program
Overture
Went On The Road
Centerville
Tuna Sandwich Suite
The Restaurant Scene
Touring Can Make You Crazy
What's The Name Of Your Group?
Can I Help You With This Dummy?
The Pleated Gazelle
I'm Stealing The Room
Shove It Right In
Penis Dimension
Strictly Genteel

One of the music events of the year Frank Zappa's legendary 1971 work 200 Motels is performed live in concert for the first ever time in the UK.
This colossal piece, one of the most ambitious that Zappa ever wrote, is performed by the full forces of the BBC Concert Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, London Voices and a large cast of rock musicians, singers and actors.