Christopher Gunning's music is known to millions through his Bafta-winning scores for, among others, Middlemarch and Poirot, but perhaps less well known is his portfolio of concert works which includes seven symphonies and several concertos. His fifth symphony, dedicated to the memory of his sister, is an epic piece, conceived in four movements, encapsulating a life from birth to death. Full of highly charged, agitated figurations, the work pulses with infectious energy; the writing for brass particularly impressive. An extraordinary tribute to the memory of a loved one. His string quartet No 1 is equally serious in intent. Using a simple three-note motif, Gunning manages to convey some very human emotions: stress, joy and poetic intimacy, all bracingly portrayed by the Juno Quartet.