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Joan Armatrading

Sue Lawley's castaway is singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading.

This week's castaway on the mythical desert island is someone who welcomes the isolation her exile can offer - she is singer and songwriter Joan Armatrading. An intensely shy and private person, renowned for her powerfully emotional songs, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her first impressions of England when she arrived here as a small girl 31 years ago from the Caribbean. She'll also be discussing her music, and the fame which it has brought - something she still finds surprising, and often quite overwhelming.

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

Favourite track: Madame George by Van Morrison
Book: Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
Luxury: Guitar

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40 minutes

Last on

Sun 6 Aug 1989 12:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E Minor

    Soloist: Kyung Wha Chung Orchestra: The Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal

    • Kyung Wha Chung Favourite Violin Concertos.
    • Decca.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    That Old Black Magic

    • Ella In Rome.
    • Verve.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Van Morrison

      Madame George

      • Astral Weeks.
      • Warner Brothers.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 4 in G major

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonia Orchestra

    • Mahler - Symphony No 4.
    • CBS.

  • Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    The Theme from The Magnificent Seven

    • Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Frankie Laine.
    • Telarc.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies irae (from Requiem Mass)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonia Orchestra

    • Verdi Requiem.
    • Decca.

  • Muddy Waters

    I'm A Man

    • Muddy Waters.
    • Chess.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - Agatha Christie

  • Luxury Choice

    • Guitar

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Joan Armatrading

Broadcasts

  • Sun 29 Jan 1989 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 3 Feb 1989 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 6 Aug 1989 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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