A nine-part series in which Jeremy Stepmann follows the changing fortunes of the orchestra and the society whose tastes it has always mirrored.
9: Davids and Goliaths, or Where Do We Go From' Here
In the last programme of the series 20th-century puritans take aim at the gargantuan excesses of romanticism and dare to suggest that 'Less is More Combatants tonight include Strauss, Mahler. Webern and Stravinsky.
Producer ARTHUR JOHNSON gramophone records