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Raymond Seitz

Sue Lawley's castaway is American ambassador to the UK Raymond Seitz.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the present American Ambassador in London, Raymond Seitz. The first career diplomat ever to be appointed to the job, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about how he also scored a first by surviving the transition from President Bush to President Clinton earlier this year. He'll also be discussing the role of the American Ambassador in a shifting political climate and describing life in the Ambassador's residence, Winfield House in Regent's Park.

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

Favourite track: Clarinet Quintet In A Major K581 Second Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Oxford Anthology of Modern Poetry
Luxury: Big box full of family albums

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Aug 1994 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Marvin Gaye

    I Heard It Through The Grapevine

    • The Most Played Oldies On America's Jukeboxes.
    • Tamla Motown.

  • George M. Cohan

    Over There

    • A Tribute To George M Cohan.
    • Folkways.

  • Gustav Holst & Christina Rossetti

    In The Bleak Midwinter

    Choir: Choir Of Kings College, Cambridge

    • Carols From Kings.
    • Classics For Pleasure.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major - 2nd movement

    Soloist: David Oistrach Orchestra: L'Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion Francais Conductor: Otto Klemperer

    • Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).
    • EMI.

  • James Galway & Cleo Laine

    Skylark

    • Sometimes When We Touch.
    • RCA.

  • Jim Croce

    Workin' At The Carwash Blues

    • Photographs And Memories.
    • Castle Communications.

  • Fred Astaire

    No Strings

    • The Great Stars Salute Irving Berlin.
    • Conifer Records.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Clarinet Quintet in A major - 2nd movement

      Orchestra: Vienna Octet

      • Clarinet Quintets By Mozart And Weber.
      • Decca.

  • Book Choice

    • The Oxford Anthology of Modern Poetry

  • Luxury Choice

    • Big box full of family albums

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Raymond Seitz

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Oct 1993 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 22 Oct 1993 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 19 Aug 1994 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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