(1882-1961)
With Donald Macleod.
1: Childhood and Australia. Percy Grainger was a unique musical phenomenon: an only child brought up by his doting mother in Melbourne; and a brilliant pianist in Edwardian London, blessed with matinee-idol good looks and with an idiosyncratic view of life. The first of this week's five programmes explores his roots and his fascination with the works of Kipling and ends with his orchestral masterpiece. Over the Hills and Far Away
Lotta Hough and the Composer (pianos)
Mowgli 's Song against the People; Morning Song and Night Song in the Jungle; The Only Son Polyphony, director Stephen Layton Fisher's Boarding House; We Were Dreamers Ulster Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Montgomery
Blithe Bells (A Free Ramble on Bach 's Aria) Leslie Howard (piano)
The Warriors City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle Producer Andrew Lyte