Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs

Desert Island Discs (1965)


Desert Island Discs

Interview (Radio)

Channel BBC Home Service
Broadcast Date 14 June 1965
Broadcast time 13:10:00
Length (minutes)
Series Unknown
Episode
Description Harold Pinter discusses with Roy Plomley the gramophone records he would take to a desert island. Pinter chose the following: - Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, Orchestra: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Conductor: August Wenzinger - Johann Sebastian Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, Soloist: Janos Starker - Charlie Parker, Funky Blues - The Modern Jazz Quartet, Pyramid - The Modern Jazz Quartet, Round Midnight - Charlie Parker's Reboppers, Flamenco Sketches - Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, Orchestra: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Conductor: August Wenzinger - Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132, Orchestra: Budapest String Quartet Favourite track: Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: Anthology of 16th, 17th and 18th-century poetry Luxury: Writing materials
Language English

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Roy Plomley

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Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

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Monica Chapman

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BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009y43j

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