Baroness Blackstone
Sue Lawley's castaway is academic and Master of Birkbeck College Baroness Blackstone.
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Baroness Blackstone.
She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her political radicalisation at the London School of Economics in the 1960s, the difficulties of working motherhood and the different demands of her varied professional life encompassing the academic, political and public worlds.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Cosi fan Tutte Soave Sia Il Vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot
Luxury: Tennis wall, balls and racket
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Giuseppe Verdi
Nei giardin del bello (from Don Carlos)
Soloist: Shirley Verret Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra
- Opera Passion I.
- EMI.
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Xanrof
Le Fiacre
Soloist: Jean Sablon Orchestra: Wal-Berg and his Orchestra
- 45": Sablon Successes.
- HMV.
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Brecht/Weill
Surabaya Johnny
Soloist: Lotte Lenya
- Lotte Lenya In Happy End.
- CBS.
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
- The Incomparable Ella.
- Polydor.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: George Solti
- Decca.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte)
Orchestra: Mozart Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus Soloist: Karl B枚hm
- EMI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral'
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
Soloist: Janet Baker, James King Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
- Philips.
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Book Choice
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Middlemarch - George Eliot
Luxury Choice
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Tennis wall, balls and racket
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sue Lawley |
| Interviewed Guest | Baroness Blackstone |
Broadcasts
- Sun 25 Apr 1993 12:15麻豆社 Radio 4
- Fri 30 Apr 1993 09:05麻豆社 Radio 4
- Fri 26 Aug 1994 09:05麻豆社 Radio 4
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