In this video which runs for over three hours, Julian Bream recounts his life story with contributions from John Williams, Peter Pears, Igor Stravinsky, William Walton, George Malcolm, Richard Rodney Bennett, Ali Akbar Khan and the Julian Bream Consort.

Julian Bream is considered by many as the greatest classical guitarist of the twentieth century and, as if that were not enough, he also quietly re-invented renaissance lute and brought it to a new and stimulated audience.

Written for Bream, Benjamin Britten's 'Nocturnal' Op. 70, is widely regarded as an important centrepiece of the modern guitar repertoire and this masterpiece forms an appropriate frame for Julian's story.Director Paul Balmer returned Bream to Aldeburgh, revisiting the original manuscript at Britten's home. This culminated in the guitarist coming out of retirement to perform complete movements of the Britten and the Falla 'Homenaje' in the wonderful acoustics of the Snape Maltings.