BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2016-17 season Varèse: The One All Alone

The film 'Varèse: The One All Alone' explores the life and work of the French-American composer Edgar Varèse.

In a series of interviews with the likes of Elliott Carter, Pierre Boulez, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Prof Chou Wen-Chung and Ricardo Chailly and with archive footage, documentary maker Scheffer unveils the mystery behind the man he admires so much; an alchemist in sound.