“I didn’t ever decide I was going to be a composer. It was like being tall. It’s what I was. It’s what I did”

Read about writing for the screen, Agatha Christie and wanting to be Boulez … (A life in music: Richard Rodney Bennett – Nicholas Wroe)

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was 75 this year and is featured at this year’s BBC Proms, including a performance of Jazz Calendar.

See the details of the Proms on the BBC website.