Henry Sandon

Michael Berkeley travels to the Worcester Porcelain Museum to meet the local celebrity, expert on English porcelain and music-lover Henry Sandon, known to millions of TV viewers for his many appearances as one of the ceramics experts on BBC1's Antiques Road Show. The programme is being recorded in front of an invited audience, among the Museum's exquisite collection of Worcester porcelain,which Henry himself curated for many years.

Music is an abiding passion for Henry, who comes from a musical family stretching back to the 18th century. He himself studied at the Guildhall School of Music, and after graduation was appointed a lay-clerk at Worcester Cathedral. He began his career as a music-master at the city's Royal Grammar School before becoming curator of the Porcelain Museum. For the past 40 years he has appeared as an expert on TV series such as 'Going for a Song' and 'Antiques Roadshow' , as well as writing books on his specialities. He has also presented 'Songs of Praise'.

Choral music is a particular passion fof Henry Sandon, and his choices include a motet by Thomas Tomkins, who was organist of Worcester Cathedral in the early 17th century. There's also vocal music by Purcell, Elgar, Britten and Lennox Berkeley; a movement from one of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, and part of an early wind quintet by another local celebrity, Edward Elgar. Finally Henry indulges his lighter side with music from Bernstein's 'West Side Story', and a song by Noel Coward.