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Anna Pavord

Anna Pavord, writer & gardener, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs

Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

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36 minutes

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Fri 17 Nov 2017 09:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Bessie Smith

    Back Water Blues

    • Careless Love.
    • Complete Blues.

  • Morriston Orpheus Choir

    Mor Fawr Wyt Ti (How Great Thou Art)

    Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys.
    • Nessun Dorma.
    • Grasmere.

  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No. 3, S 172/3

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Consolations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Every Time We Say Goodbye

    • Forever Ella.
    • Proper Records Ltd.

  • Miles Davis

    Florence sur les Champs Elysses

    • Ascenseur Pour LΒ’Echafaud.
    • Fontana.

  • CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE

    • Bach

      Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007

      Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
      • Classic Yo-Yo.
      • Sony Classical.

  • Queen

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    • A Night at the Opera.
    • Universal.

  • Henry Purcell

    Thou Knowest Lord the Secrets of Our Hearts

    Performer: The Sixteen. Orchestra: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • LoveΒ’s Goddess Sure Was Blind.
    • Coro.

  • BOOK CHOICE

    Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists by Ray Desmond

  • LUXURY ITEM

    Pen and paper

Credits

Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Anna Pavord
Producer Cathy Drysdale

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Nov 2017 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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