VIDEO PODCAST: Slava Ukraini! - recorded on the day Europe woke up to the news that Vladimir Putin's Russian forces had invaded Ukraine. Also features Caitríona O'Leary and Eric Fraad discussing their new film Island of Saints, and pays tribute to Joseph Horovitz, Malcolm Troup and Maria Nockin.
English composer, conductor and pianist Aubrey Bowman was born in Bournemouth on 16 May 1918 into a working class family and won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Alan Bush. A founding member of the Workers' Music Association, he retained his connections with the organisation for the rest of his life, teaching, conducting and helping with administration. He also conducted ballet, and was involved with Sadler's Wells, London Festival Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada. He died in London on 13 December 2009, aged ninety-one, from wounds sustained after being knocked down by a car the previous day.
Serious Fun - Lynn Norris looks back at the life of composer, conductor and pianist Aubrey Bowman