Owen Wingrave
Sunday 15 April 2007 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
John Evans talks to distinguished interpreters of Britten's operas about performances and recordings with which they are closely associated, and about the problems and pleasures of performing Britten.
Playlist:
9/10. He talks to conductor Steuart Bedford about Britten's penultimate opera, Owen Wingrave. The opera is based on a Henry James story about a young man with strong pacifist convictions who refuses to go along with his military family's wishes and join the army, with tragic consequences.
