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Elizabeth Jane Howard

Sue Lawley's castaway is novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard. In 1950, her first novel The Beautiful Visit was published. Now, some 45 years later and after many other books, she has just completed the concluding book of The Cazalet Chronicles. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the problems of combining writing and marriage; she abandoned her three marriages - her first husband, being the naturalist Peter Scott, and her last, the writer Kingsley Amis; and she'll be ruminating on the nature of love and who might experience it.

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

Favourite track: Requiem Dies Irae by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: All the sonatas by Scarlatti
Luxury: Piano

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Jun 1996 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat major

    Soloist: Murray Pariah Orchestra: The English Chamber Orchestra

    • Mozart Piano Concertos 11, 12 & 13.
    • CBS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D major

    Orchestra: The Adolf Busch Chamber Players

    • Flute Concertos.
    • Opus.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Mazurka in B major, Op. 41/3

    Soloist: Nina Milkina

    • The Mazurkas.
    • Virtuoso.

  • Richard Strauss

    Grossmächtige Prinzessin (from Ariadne auf Naxos)

    Soloist: Rita Streich Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Ariadne Auf Naxos.
    • EMI.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Harpsichord Sonata in B minor

    Soloist: Vladimir Horowitz

    • Piano Music.
    • RCA Classics.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concerto in D minor - 3rd movement

    Orchestra: The Slovak Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Bohdan Warchal

    • Brandenburg Concertos.
    • EMI.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

    Soloist: Hakan Hardenberger Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Philips.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Requiem in D minor - Dies Irae

      Ensemble: The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers Ensemble: The London Mozart Players

      • Requiem.
      • ASV.

  • Book Choice

    • All the sonatas - Scarlatti

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Elizabeth Jane Howard

Broadcasts

  • Sun 29 Oct 1995 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 3 Nov 1995 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 28 Jun 1996 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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