A West Country Composer

so music must be a favourite, even therapeutic relaxation for many doctors. While immersed in the almost decadent high romanticism of Richard Strauss's music I thought of the music of one who has been described as "almost the only romantic composer left on these shores", and whose most recently premiered work had also been performed by the Welsh National Opera Orchestra and Chorus last November at the Royal Fesival Hall. 1 invite you therefore to share my inter-