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HRH The Duchess of Kent

Sue Lawley's castaway is HRH The Duchess Of Kent.

The castaway in this week's edition of Desert Island Discs is Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. After a lifelong devotion to music, she will be whittling down her choice of eight records with great difficulty. Now Patron of the Leeds Piano Competition and the Yehudi Menuhin School, as well as President of the Royal Northern College of Music, the Duchess of Kent studied music herself until she was twenty-five. Her Royal Highness will be talking to Sue Lawley about her love of music, her Yorkshire childhood and her prolific work for charity.

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

Favourite track: Ave Verum Corpus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A do-it-yourself manual
Luxury: Lamp with solar batteries

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 21 Dec 1990 09:05

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Keyboard Sonata No. 6 in D major, K284

    Soloist: Mitsuko Uchida

    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas.
    • Philips.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B minor 'PathΓ©tique' - 2nd movement

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor.
    • World Records.
  • Francis Jackson

    The Tuba Tune

    • Great Cathedral Organ Series.
    • HMV.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin / George Enseco Orchestra: Paris Symphony Orchestra

    • Bach: Violin Ctos..
    • EMI.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (from La Bohème)

    Soloist: Placido Domingo Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

    • La Boheme-Caballe/Domingo/Milnes/LPO.
    • RCA.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor - 3rd movement

    Soloist: Jacqueline du Pre Orchestra: The London Symphony Orchestra

    • Elgar: Cello Ct..
    • EMI.
  • The Beatles

    Maxwell's Silver Hammer

    • The Beatles.
    • Apple.
  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ave verum corpus

      Choir: Swedish Radio Chorus / Stockholm Chamber Choir Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

      • Mozart: Requiem etc..
      • HMV.
  • Book Choice

    • A do-it-yourself manual

  • Luxury Choice

    • Lamp with solar batteries

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest HRH The Duchess of Kent

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Eve 1989 12:15
  • Sun 16 Dec 1990 12:15
  • Fri 21 Dec 1990 09:05

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