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Sue Lawley's castaway is novelist A S Byatt.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the novelist and critic A S Byatt. Winner of the 1990 Booker prize for her novel 'Possession' - the story of a clandestine romance between two Victorian poets - she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the isolation of her school days as a highly academic child, the release of university life at Cambridge and her subsequent life at the forefront of the British literary world.

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

Favourite track: Jetzt Fand Ich's by Richard Wagner
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Alternative to Bible: King James Bible
Luxury: Large filing cabinet full of A4 paper & pens

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Jan 1992 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    He shall feed His flock (from Messiah)

    Soloist: Hanna Schwarz Orchestra: The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Sir Colin Davis

    • Messiah.
    • Philips.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major

    Orchestra: The Zimbler Sinfonietta Conductor: Reginald Kell

    • Concerto in A Major For Clarinet and Orchestra.
    • Brunswick.

  • Alfred Deller

    Care-Charming Sleep

    • English Lute Songs.
    • Vanguard.

  • Wallace Stevens

    The Idea Of Order At Key West

    Soloist: Wallace Stevens

    • The Caedoon Treasury Of Modern Poets Reading Poems.
    • Caedmon.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies irae (from Requiem Mass)

    Orchestra: The Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Guilini

    • Requiem 4 Sacred Pieces.
    • EMI.

  • William Shakespeare

    When that I was and a little tiny boy (from Twelfth Night)

    Artist: Cleo Laine

    • Wordsongs.
    • Philips.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Richard Wagner

      Jetzt fand ich's (from Das Rheingold)

      Orchestra: The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Soloist: Set Svanholm

      • Decca.

  • Robert Schumann

    Zwielicht (from Liederkreis, Op. 39)

    Soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    • Liederkreis Opus 39.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Book Choice

    • A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu - Marcel Proust

  • Luxury Choice

    • Large filing cabinet full of A4 paper & pens

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest A.S. Byatt

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 Jun 1991 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 21 Jun 1991 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 5 Jan 1992 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 10 Jan 1992 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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