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Sybil Marshall

Sue Lawley's castaway is writer Sybil Marshall.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week has just produced her first novel in her 80th year. Sybil Marshall will be talking to Sue Lawley about this achievement, about her life in her beloved Fenlands of East Anglia, and about the village school she ran which revolutionised primary-school teaching methods.

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

Favourite track: Exsultate Jubilate Hallelujah Chorus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Luxury: Inexhaustible supply of laundered Swiss lawn handkerchiefs

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 22 Jul 1994 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Cat Duet

    Soloist: Victoria De Los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

    • A Tribute To Gerald Moore.
    • EMI.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Pastoral Song: My mother bids me binds my hair (Canzonetta)

    Soloist: Jorg Demus, Elly Ameling

    • Haydn Songs.
    • Philips.

  • Kenneth M. Lewis

    Nola

    • A Touch Of Harrods.
    • Harrods.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

    Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

    • Beethoven Symphony No 6.
    • EMI.

  • Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

    Love Is The Sweetest Thing

    • Hits Of The 30s.
    • Decca.

  • Giorgio Tozzi

    Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific

    • South Pacific.
    • RCA.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Exsultate, jubilate - Alleluia

      Soloist: Kiri Te Kanawa Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Colin Davis

      • Mozart - Litanies, Vespers, Etc..
      • Philips.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Soloist: Iona Brown

    • Vaughan Williams.
    • Argo.

  • Book Choice

    • Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

  • Luxury Choice

    • Inexhaustible supply of laundered Swiss lawn handkerchiefs

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Sybil Marshall

Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 Nov 1993 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 12 Nov 1993 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 22 Jul 1994 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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