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Donald Macleod joins Sally Beamish at her home on the south coast of England to celebrate her 70th birthday. In the first programme, Beamish reflects on a childhood steeped in music in post-war Islington, where family life, creativity and performance were inseparable. Together, they explore the early influences that shaped her as both composer and performer, from family music-making to a Shostakovich premiere at the BBC Proms. April Sally Beamish, viola Ryan Corbett, accordion Crescent Imogen Whitehead, trumpet Sally Beamish, viola Joseph Havlat, piano The Wise Maid Sara Trickey, violin Gerropaedie Stephanie Irvine, clàrsach Sally Beamish, viola Partita Academy of St Martin in the Fields Produced by Ellie Ajao for BBC Audio Wales