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Rt Hon Gillian Shephard MP

Sue Lawley's castaway is Secretary of State for Education and Employment Gillian Shephard.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, Gillian Shephard.

She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the importance of her roots in rural Norfolk. Although she briefly left to go to Oxford, she was born and brought up in Norfolk and worked in local parliament there until her late 40s, when she entered Parliament to represent a Norfolk seat. She'll be discussing her own school days, and how they influence her perception of the quality of schools nowadays.

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

Favourite track: Mass in B Minor: Cum Sancto Spirito by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The Waning of the Middle Ages by Johan H Huizinga
Luxury: Madame Rochas scent

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Nov 1995 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Mass in B minor - Cum sancto spiritu

      Orchestra: The Taverner Consort And Players

      • Bach: Mass In B Minor.
      • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major (Piano Concerto No. 10)

    Soloist: Sepp Grotenhuis, Ellen Corver

    • Amsterdam Mozart Players.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major

    Orchestra: The Raphael Ensemble

    • String Quintet D956.
    • Hyperion.

  • CΓ©sar Franck

    Violin Sonata in A major

    Soloist: Marc Neikrug, Pinchas Zukerman

    • Violin Sonatas.
    • RCA Classics.

  • Cleo Laine & James Galway

    Lo! Hear The Gentle Lark

    • Sometimes When We Touch.
    • RCA.

  • Diana Ross

    One Shining Moment

    • One Shining Moment.
    • EMI.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - Moonlight

    Orchestra: The Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House (Covent Garden)

    • Peter Grimes.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet No. 4 in G minor

    Soloist: Aronowitz Orchestra: The Amadeus Quartet

    • String Quintets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Book Choice

    • The Waning of the Middle Ages - Johan H Huizinga

  • Luxury Choice

    • Madame Rochas scent

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Rt Hon Gillian Shephard MP

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Nov 1995 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 10 Nov 1995 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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