Rare Archive:

• THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP
• PIERRE BOULEZ and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms
• ANDRE PREVIN with MORECAMBE & WISE

Archive Interviews:

• TRISTRAM CARY - Composer
• DAPHNE ORAM & DELIA DERBYSHIRE - Composers, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
• ELISABETH LUTYENS - Composer
• CORNELIUS CARDEW - Composer
• JOHN TAVENER - Composer

Specially shot interviews:

• GAVIN BRYARS - Composer and Founder, the Portsmouth Sinfonia
• HOWARD SKEMPTON - Composer
• PETER MAXWELL DAVIES - Composer
• HARRISON BIRTWISTLE - Composer
• OLIVER KNUSSEN - Composer
• GILLIAN MOORE - Head of Contemporary Culture, South Bank Centre
• MICHAEL NYMAN - Critic and Composer
• TOM PHILLIPS - Painter and Composer
• STEVE MARTLAND - Composer
• ROBERT SAXTON - Composer
• PHILIP SHEPPARD - Cellist and Composer
• PIERRE BOULEZ - Composer and Conductor
• JOHN TILBURY - Pianist
• CHARLES HAZLEWOOD - Conductor

Other works featured:

• TRAGOEDIA - Harrison Birtwistle
• EIGHT SONGS FOR A MAD KING - Peter Maxwell Davies
• AND SUDDENLY ITS EVENING - Elisabeth Lutyens
• CELLO CONCERTO - Elgar perf. Jacqueline du Pre
• THE VISION OF ST AUGUSTINE - Michael Tippett
• THE WHALE - John Tavener
• SILBURY AIR - Harrison Birtwistle
• CELTIC REQUIEM - John Tavener
• THE GREAT LEARNING - Cornelius Cardew
• JESUS BLOOD - Gavin Bryars
• SYMPHONY NO. 3 - Oliver Knussen

Narrator VERITY SHARP
Series Adviser BARRIE GAVIN
Film Editor JOYCE GENTLE
Executive Producer SUE JUDD
Produced & Directed by FRANCESCA KEMP