Donald Macleod explores Berners's literary endeavours and introduces music from the wartime years, including a ballet based on the legend of Cupid and Psyche and his film music. Show more

Donald Macleod introduces Berners's fifth ballet, his final association with Frederick Ashton and Cecil Beaton, and the suite from his Nicholas Nickleby film score. Show more

Donald Macleod concentrates on a Berners work for puppet theatre, an exuberant essay in Spanish colour and a trio of waltzes, which contain a passage described as 'impudent'. Show more

Donald Macleod introduces works commissioned by Diaghilev - Berners's only opera and the suite from his fairytale ballet. Show more

Donald Macleod introduces two Berners ballets - one devised with Gertrude Stein and the other a fantastical work with various bizarre characers. Show more