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Nicholas Grimshaw

Sue Lawley's castaway is architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw.

This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw. An interest in engineering runs in the Grimshaw genes - one great-grandfather was responsible for seeing a proper drainage and sanitation system installed in Dublin, while another built dams in Egypt. Nicholas inherited an enormous Meccano set and showed an early interest in construction - his passions were building tree houses and boats. One of his nicknames is 'Meccano man' because of his designs with exposed steel supports.

In the past 12 years his work has become more widely known and includes the International Terminal at Waterloo, the British Pavilion, for Seville's Expo '92 and, most significantly, the Eden Project. He's just finished the redevelopment of the Roman Baths at Bath and is now working on Battersea Power Station.

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

Favourite track: Prelude to Cello Suite No.4 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The complete works by Patrick O'Brien
Luxury: RIBA drawings collection

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45 minutes

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Fri 19 Dec 2003 09:00
麻豆社 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Suite for Solo Cello No. 4 in E flat major - 1st movement

      Soloist: Rostropovitch

      • Bach: Cello Suites 1-6.
      • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor - Rex tremendae

    Choir: Leipzig Radio Choir Orchestra: Dresden State Orchestra

    • Mozart Requiem, Coronation Mass.
    • Philips.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Un di, felice (from La traviata)

    Soloist: Francesco Albanese & Maria Callas Conductor: Gabriele Santini

    • La Traviata.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Beatles

    Love Me Do

    • Love Me Do.
    • Parlophone.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Major, D850

    Soloist: Sviatoslav Richter

    • Schubert: Sonaten D.845.
    • Melodiya.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonora Overture No. 3

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Conductor: Claudio

    • Beethoven: The Overtures.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • The Rolling Stones

    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

    • Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass).
    • London.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    3rd Movmement

    Orchestra: Lindos Wind Quintet

  • Book Choice

    • The complete works - Patrick O'Brian

  • Luxury Choice

    • RIBA drawings collection

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Nicholas Grimshaw

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Dec 2003 11:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Fri 19 Dec 2003 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4

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