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Lord Chief Justice Taylor

Sue Lawley's castaway is Lord Chief Justice Taylor.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the country's most senior serving judge Lord Taylor of Gosforth. Recently appointed the Lord Chief Justice of England, he'll be discussing the public's perception of the English legal system, following the recent series of miscarriages of justice; and also, his plans to open up areas of the law and to rid the system of some of its more antiquated trappings, such as wigs and robes. He'll also be talking to Sue Lawley about how, as an accomplished musician, he might well have become a professional pianist rather than the Lord Chief Justice.

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

Favourite track: Symphony No 41 in C K 551 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Piano

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 May 1992 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 in D major

    Orchestra: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt

    • Symphony No 1 in D ( Single ).
    • EMI Classics.

  • Sidney Bechet

    Petite Fleur

    • Sydney Bechet.
    • Vogue.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Symphony No. 41 in C major 'Jupiter'

      Orchestra: The London Classical Players Conductor: Roger Norrington

      • Mozart Symphonies No 39 & 41.
      • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

    Orchestra: Quartetto Italiano

    • The Late String Quartets.
    • Philips.

  • Fats Waller

    Carolina Shout

    • The Real Fats Waller.
    • RCA.

  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen (To be Sung upon the Water), D774

    Soloist: Elisabeth Schumann

    • Elisabeth Schumann Sings Schubert.
    • His Master's Voice EMI.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major

    Soloist: Heinrich Schiff Ensemble: The Alan Berg Quartet

    • Schubert;Quintet.
    • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte)

    Soloist: Yvonne Minton, Hans Sotin, Margaret Price

    • Cosi Fan Tute - Mozart.

  • Book Choice

    • War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Lord Chief Justice Taylor

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 May 1992 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 29 May 1992 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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