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Lord Annan

Sue Lawley's castaway is public servant and academic Lord Annan.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a man who, among many other achievements, gave his name to a famous report in the 1970s on the future of broadcasting - Lord Annan. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his long and distinguished career which has ranged through the Cabinet War Office, King's College Cambridge, The Royal Opera House and London University - as well as recalling many friends and acquaintances from his university days, from EM Forster to the notorious Guy Burgess.

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

Favourite track: 7th Symphony Final Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Iliad in Greek & English by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔr
Luxury: Bath essence

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40 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Jul 1991 12:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Jean Sablon

    Le Fiacre

    • Jean Sablon In Paris.
    • DRG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 27 Second Movement

    Soloist: Alfred Brendel

    • Mozart Piano Concerto.
    • Turnabout.

  • Binnie Hale

    Room Five Hundred And Four

    • Binnie Hale/Spread A Little Happiness.
    • World Records.

  • Ralph Benatzky

    Liebesgeschichten

    Soloist: Greta Keller

    • Greta Keller/Und Ihr Chanson.
    • Preiser.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake - Act 4 (finale)

    Orchestra: The Moscow Radio Symphony

    • Swan Lake/ Tchaikovsky.
    • HMV.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Act 2 Duet (from Don Carlos)

    Soloist: Carlo Bergonzi, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

    • Verdi/Don Carlo.
    • Decca.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op. 76/3 'Emperor' - 2nd movement

    Orchestra: The Amadeus Quartet

    • Amadeus Quartet: Mozart & Haydn String.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No. 7 in A major - 4th movement

      Orchestra: The NBC Symphony Orchestra

      • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 2 & 7.
      • RCA Classics.

  • Book Choice

    • The Iliad in Greek & English - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔr

  • Luxury Choice

    • Bath essence

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Lord Annan

Broadcasts

  • Sun 4 Nov 1990 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 9 Nov 1990 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 21 Jul 1991 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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