Following his fascinating conversations with the veteran Viennese percussionist Manfred Sturmer and the Argentinian opera impresario and cocaine smuggler Pilar Woffington , As part of Comic Relief, Michael Berkeley now introduces another relic of the past, conductor Sir Jimmy Disperin - a man not unrelated to
John Sessions. Some listeners may find the conductor's forthright views on everything from the attributes of opera singers to the failings of his fellow conductors - not to mention his unorthodox contribution to the Allied war effort - slightly out of step with current opinion ...
Executive producer Wendy Thompson Repeated tomorrow 6.30pm
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