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Evelyn Glennie

Sue Lawley's castaway is percussionist Evelyn Glennie.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the musician Evelyn Glennie. Profoundly deaf since the age of 12, her extraordinary talent as a virtuoso percussionist has taken her all over the world, giving performances on hundreds of instruments, from the tambourine and the tubular bells to the marimba and the drums.

She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her determination to become a musician against much discouragement and how she has come to perceive her deafness as an irrelevance.

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

Favourite track: Concerto No2 For Piano In C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
Luxury: Chocolate

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Sep 1993 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36: Variation IX "Nimrod"

    Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli

    • Elgar: Enigma Variations.
    • EMI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1 - Prelude & Fugue in B flat major

    Soloist: Glenn Gould

    • Bach: Well Tempered Clavier.
    • CBS.

  • Max Houliston and His Scottish Band

    Isle Of Sky Reel

    • The Sound Of Houliston.
    • Waverley.

  • Seal

    Killer

    • Seal.
    • ZTT.

  • Richard Strauss

    Alpine Symphony

    Orchestra: The Concertgebouw Orchestra Conductor: Bernard Haitink

    • Eine Alpensinfonie.
    • Philips.

  • Black Dyke Band

    Blitz

    Conductor: Peter Parkes

    • Black Dyke Mills Band.
    • Chandos.

  • Annie Lennox

    Why

    • Why.
    • RCA.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

      Soloist: Artur Rubinstein Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fritz Reiner

      • RCA.

  • Book Choice

    • Way of the Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman

  • Luxury Choice

    • Chocolate

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Evelyn Glennie

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Jan 1993 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 29 Jan 1993 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 10 Sep 1993 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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