Michael Portillo goes in search of Wagner and finds recordings of Reginald Goodall conducting the BBCSO in the Prelude to
Act 1 of Tristan undisoldefrom 1971 and soprano Jessye Norman singing the Wesendonk Liederwith the BBCSO under Colin Davis from the following year. Archive material includes Kirsten Flagstad talking about herapproach to singing Wagner. Producer Declan McGovern