Private Passions - 13/01/2008

Michael Berkeley's guest is the documentary filmmaker Christopher Nupen, whose intimate and revealing portraits of leading musicians such as Jacqueline du Pre, Daniel Barenboim, and Nathan Milstein have been widely acclaimed. His most recent film, 'We Want the Light', made in 2004, revolved around music-making in Nazi concentration camps. He talks about some of the musicians who influenced him, including an early meeting with the legendary soprano Lotte Lehmann in Vienna, and his musical choices include performances by Lehmann, Tito Gobbi, du Pre, the Budapest Quartet and Nathan Milstein.