Interview with Barry Tuckwell, French horn virtuoso and orchestral conductor

Tuckwell talks about his early life and relations with his family; his education; early music lessons; recalls his first work with orchestras; disputes within the company; his election to the board of the London Symphony Orchestra; his personal career; his engagements in America, recalls his progression to conductor; his job in Tasmania; work with the Australian Broadcasting Commission management in Hobart; advantages and disadvantages of working in Tasmania; suggests ways in which Australia could improve its music scene, the impact of the Dix Report on the ABC; recalls incidents when conductors change compositions from original; recorded music; the Barry Tuckwell Wind Quintet; the playing of the French Horn, his ambitions; countries he has visited; critics, composers, Donald Bates and his work.