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Sir Roy Calne

Sue Lawley's castaway is surgeon and painter Sir Roy Calne.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a surgeon and a painter.

Sir Roy Calne - Professor of Surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge - will be talking to Sue Lawley about his early conviction that transplant surgery was a viable way of treating kidney and liver disease, about his struggles to have his ideas accepted and about the paintings he has done of his patients - many of which have been the subject of several public exhibitions.

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 9 From The New World (Opus 95) by Antonin DvoΕ™Γ΅k
Book: Global Biodiversity by Brian Groombridge
Luxury: Paints and canvas

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 1 Mar 1996 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'PathΓ©tique'

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

    • Piano Sonatas Nos 8 - 14.
    • EMI.

  • Josh White

    I Gave My Love A Cherry

    • Ballads And Blues.
    • Brunswick.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet In B minor

    Soloist: Thea King Orchestra: The Gabrieli String Quartet

    • Brahms Clarinet Quintet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies irae (from Requiem Mass)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonica Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

    • Verdi Requiem.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

      Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'

      Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini

      • Dvorak Symphony No 9.
      • EMI.

  • Georges Bizet

    Je vais danser en votre honneur (from Carmen)

    Soloist: Teresa Berganza Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Claudio Abbado

    • Bizet - Carmen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    LΓ  ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)

    Soloist: Roger Soyer, Helen Donath Orchestra: The English Chamber Orchestra

    • Mozart - Don Giovanni.
    • EMI.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major - 2nd movement

    Soloist: Daniel Veis Orchestra: The Kocian Quartet

    • Schubert String Quintet.
    • Supraphon.

  • Book Choice

    • Global Biodiversity - Brian Groombridge

  • Luxury Choice

    • Paints and canvas

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Sir Roy Calne

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Feb 1996 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 1 Mar 1996 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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