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Dame Josephine Barnes

Sue Lawley's castaway is gynaecologist Dame Josephine Barnes.

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is Dame Josephine Barnes, who, ten years ago, was the first woman to become President of the British Medical Association. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her long and brilliant career in a traditionally male-dominated world, and her battles to improve the care of women in pregnancy and childbirth, both before and after the advent of the National Health Service.

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

Favourite track: I Was Glad by Hubert Parry
Book: The scores of all music chosen in a bound volume
Luxury: Solar-powered word processer

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 Mar 1989 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia and fugue in G minor BWV.542 'Great' (Fugue)

    Performer: David Goode.

    Soloist: Martin Neary

    • Winchester Cathedral Organ.
    • Virtuoso.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for 3 Pianos in F major (Piano Concerto No. 7)

    Soloist: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Fou Ts'Ong Orchestra: The English Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Daniel Barenboim

    • Mozart Pianos Concertos Nos 1-6.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Lindenbaum (from Winterreise)

    Soloist: Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears

    • Schubert: Winterreise.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

    Orchestra: The Amadeus Quartet

    • Beethoven String Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Motet: Komm, Jesu, komm!

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College

    • Bach Motets.
    • Conifer.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor

    Soloist: Jacqueline Du Pre Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

    • Jacqueline Du Pre: Works By Elgar, Haydn.
    • EMI.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Una, due, tre, quattro (from Falstaff)

    Soloist: Geraint Evans Orchestra: The RCA Italiana Opera

    • Verdi: Falstaff.
    • Decca.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Hubert Parry

      I Was Glad

      • Coronation Service Of Queen Elizabeth II.
      • HMV.

  • Book Choice

    • The scores of all music chosen in a bound volume

  • Luxury Choice

    • Solar-powered word processer

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Josephine Barnes

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Mar 1989 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 10 Mar 1989 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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