"I am in favour of what the Third
Programme should have been but wasn't; without snobbery, without specialist esotericism, without the blessing bestowed by secret societies." Hans Keller worked in the Music
Department of BBC Radio from 1959 until his retirement 20 years later. He was an influential and respected musician, but after abandoning his violin and viola and safely stowing away his early compositions, his reputation rested almost entirely on his writing and radio talks. Was he a BBC producer, a critic, a teacher, or a musical analyst? Christopher Marshall talks to Keller's friends and colleagues. Producer Chris Marshall