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Richard Rogers

Sue Lawley's castaway is architect Richard Rogers.

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is one of Britain's leading and most controversial architects Richard Rogers. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about two of his most celebrated designs - the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Lloyds Building in London - and describing how his passion for the new and the innovative has brought him into disagreement with many critics, including Prince Charles, with whom he shares a passionate concern for the quality of our built environment.

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

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 24 Second Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Odyssey by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔr
Luxury: His wife, Ruth, but if this is disallowed then a painting

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 23 Mar 1990 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor - 2nd movement

      Soloist: Vladimir Ashkenazy Orchestra: The Philharmonia And New Philharmonia Orchestra

      • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 24- Ashkenazy.
      • Decca.

  • Polanaise in A flat major, Op. 53 'Heroic'

    Soloist: Artur Rubinstein

  • Wilson Pickett

    In The Midnight Hour

    • Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits.
    • Atlantic.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    E il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto)

    Soloist: Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland

    • Sutherland/ Pavarotti: Operatic Duets.
    • Decca.

  • They Can't Take That Away From Me

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

    Soloist: Maurice Andre Orchestra: The Philharmonia And New Philharmonia Orchestra

    • Maurice Andre: Works Of Haydn.
    • EMI.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Biko

    • Peter Gabriel.
    • Charisma.

  • Sir George Benjamin

    Antara

    • Antara.
    • Nimbus Records.

  • Book Choice

    • The Odyssey - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔr

  • Luxury Choice

    • His wife, Ruth, but if this is disallowed then a painting

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Richard Rogers

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Mar 1990 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 23 Mar 1990 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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