To mark the centenary of the publication of A Shropshire Lad, saxophonist John Williams asked John Dankworth , Patrick Gowers , Andrea Vicari and Dick Walter to join him in composing five settings of Housman poems, to be performed by singer Jacqui Dankworth and the 12-piece ensemble New
Perspectives. Bridget Metcalfe introduces the concert they gave in the Stables, Wavendon, last year, which also included music by Duke Ellington , John Coltrane and Gil Evans. In the interval, she talks to
Jacqui Dankworth and John Williams. Producer Derek Drescher