Sir Michael Tippett, who was 70 on 2 January, introduces selections from his own music, including A Child of Our Time, The Midsummer Marriage, The Knot Garden, and the Third Symphony.
Felicity Palmer, Josephine Barstow, Yvonne Minton, Robert Tear, Clyde Walker, Raimund Herincx
BBC Choral Society, BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra leader ELI GOREN conductor Colin Davis Lindsay String Quartet
Associate conductor DAVID SYRUS Costume designer PRUE HANDLEY Lighting CLIVE THOMAS Sound ALAN EDMONDS
Designer KEITH CHEETHAM Producer DAVID BUCKTON