"Palmer is a master of the medium - he takes us into the minds of men of music and explains why they accomplished what they did. This is the most absorbing ? lm ever made about a composer, how he worked, what he thought and what made him what he was. It is as important as any book written on the man and his music."
- John Ardoin, The New York Times

"Tony Palmer proves once again he is a deeply intuitive, caring and thoughtful ?lm maker, second to none. This was a loving portrait of a most remark- able and gifted man."
- Martin Jackson, the Daily Mail

With Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Britten, Barbara Britten, Beth Welford (Sister), Sviatoslav Richter, Janet Baker, Julian Bream, Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk, Imogen Holst, Rosamund Strode, Rudolf Bing, Henry Moore , Paul Rotha, Beata Sauerlander, David Rothman, Elsie Hockey (Cousin), Miss Hudson (Housekeeper), Rita Thomson (Nurse), The English Chamber Orchestra, Conducted By Steuart Bedford

Extracts From :'Peter Grimes', 'The Rape Of Lucretia', 'Billy Budd', 'Turn Of The Screw', 'Noye's Fludde', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Curlew River', 'The Burning Fiery Furnace', 'Phaedra', 'Death In Venice', 'War Requiem', 'Nocturne', 'Prince Of The Pagodas', 'Les Illuminations', 'Building Of The House Nocturnal', 'The Way To The Sea', 'Night Mail', 'Sinfonia Da Requiem', 'Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra'