A series of six programmes adapted by Mike Steer from autobiographical writings of 20th-century composers 1: Ives in London with Bruce Boa as Charles Ives In 1933 the American composer Charles Ives was 60 and had given up composing for almost a decade. On a visit to London he recorded his trenchant opinions about the musical fare offered and his suspicion that even English music-making had become boringly predictable and staid.
Producer JOHN THEOCHARIS