Touch the Sound (soundtrack) Touch the Sound (soundtrack) Touch the Sound is a soundtrack by Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie of the 2004 documentary film "Touch the Sound" by German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer about Glennie, who is profoundly deaf. It was released on CD in 2004 by German record label, Normal. The soundtrack consists of musical improvisations by Glennie, solo and with other musicians, including English experimental musician Fred Frith. Glennie and Frith were filmed improvising in an abandoned sugar factory in Dormagen, Germany, and six of the tracks on the soundtrack were recorded in the factory. In 2007 Frith and Glennie released an album,
Ann Rachlin Rachlin now lives near Winchelsea in East Sussex where she is still active in theatrical and musical circles. In the early 1970s Ann founded The Beethoven Fund for Deaf Children (now incorporated with The Elizabeth Foundation for Deaf Children). She is President of both charities. The Beethoven Fund was supported by members of the Royal Family and many famous musicians including Lorin Maazel, Sir Georg Solti, André Previn, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mitsuko Uchida, Yehudi Menuhin as well as Sir Peter Ustinov and Sir Alec Guinness amongst others. Ann and Ezra Rachlin were instrumental in helping Dame Evelyn Glennie in the early