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Casting around the webs for Britten-related material I came across this slick mini-documentary on a 2010 touring program presented by the Britten Sinfonia. Not only did the ensemble and guest artists Mark Padmore and Pekka Kuusisto travel with killer repertoire – including the two pieces highlighted here, Britten’s sublime Les Illuminations and Nico Mulhy’s new Impossible Thing [written for the occasion] – but the performances seem like they were pretty exciting as well. London-based Wash Media did the film.