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Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook

Kirsty Young's castaway is campaigner Caroline, Countess Of Cranbrook.

Kirsty Young's castaway is Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook. Caroline has travelled the world to see how different zoos worked, spent years living in the jungle and, when she returned to Britain, taught herself how to be a farmer. She has become a champion of the countryside and, when a supermarket giant announced plans to open a store on her doorstep, she decided to take them on.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: No. 54 Chorale: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Food in England by Dorothy Hartley
Luxury: Ink and a pen.

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Jun 2009 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Soviet Army Chorus & Drum Corps

    The Song of the Plains (Meadowland)

    • Soviet Army Chorus & Band.
    • EMI.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      St Matthew Passion - O Haupt voll Blut

      Choir: Cologne Cathedral Boys’ Choir, Dresden Chamber Choir, Orchestra: Cologne Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Helmut Muller-Bruhl

      • St Matthew Passion.
      • Naxos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Zeffiretti lusinghieri (from Idomeneo)

    Soloist: Sena Jurinac

    • Mozart: Idomeneo.
    • Urania.

  • Lead Belly

    Take This Hammer

    • Lead Belly where Did You Sleep Last Night.
    • Smithsonian.

  • Choir of Alleyn’s School

    The Kettles are Singing

    Orchestra: English Opera Group Orchestra

    • Britten: The Little Sweep.
    • London.

  • Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band

    Panama Rag

    • The Parlophones 1949-1959 Volume One 'Come on and stomp, stomp, stomp!'.
    • Calligraph.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 In G major

    Soloist: Christian Blackshaw Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sound Archive.

  • Charlie Stringer

    To Be a Farmer's Boy

    • John Howson Collection. Traditional Music in England project.
    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sound Archive.

  • Book Choice

    • Food in England - Dorothy Hartley

  • Luxury Choice

    • Ink and a pen

Credits

Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Caroline Gathorne-Hardy

Broadcasts

  • Sun 31 May 2009 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 5 Jun 2009 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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