from Birmingham with John Florance.
On tonight's programme, Carousel at the Leicester Haymarket, and two world premieres: Elgar's Rondo by David Pownall , starring Alec McCowen, at the Swan in Stratford, and a new version of Raymond Briggs's The Snowman with an extended score by Howard Blake. Plus the Kronos Quartet, a Californian ensemble famous for the string arrangements of Ornette Coleman and Jimi Hendrix, on their first UK tour outside London.
Producer David Corser