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Sir Nicholas Goodison

Michael Parkinson's castaway is Chairman of the Stock Exchange Sir Nicholas Goodison.

The castaway this week is the Chairman of the Stock Exchange Sir Nicholas Goodison. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he reflects on his career in the City and talks about his involvement in opera and the fine arts. He also chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings by Benjamin Britten
Book: Oxford English Dictionary (all volumes)
Luxury: Apollo and Daphne sculpture by Bernini

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Mar 1987 09:05
麻豆社 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor - Cum sancto spiritu

  • CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE

    • Benjamin Britten

      Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto For Double String Orchestra

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La regata veneziana

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Quartet for the End of Time

  • Love Duet (from Tristan und Isolde)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sull'aria (from The Marriage of Figaro)

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Katya Kabanova

  • BOOK CHOICE

    Oxford English Dictionary (all volumes)

  • LUXURY ITEM

    Apollo and Daphne sculpture by Bernini

Credits

Presenter Michael Parkinson
Interviewed Guest Sir Nicholas Goodison

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Mar 1987 12:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Fri 6 Mar 1987 09:05
    麻豆社 Radio 4

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