John Tomlinson
In his youth, bass John Tomlinson used to perform with the local Methodist church choir and the Accrington Male Voice Choir. He talks to Joan Bakewell about his roots in the industrial community life of the postwar North West, and how he continues to perform religious works. Music includes excerpts from Verdi's Requiem, Handel's Messiah and Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle.