Kate Adie
Sue Lawley's castaway is broadcaster Kate Adie.
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the 麻豆官网首页入口's Chief News Correspondent Kate Adie. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the pleasures and perils of a job which has taken her to some of the world's most dangerous trouble spots. She'll also be describing how she felt when she was recently reunited with her natural mother after having been happily brought up by her adoptive family in Sunderland.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Symphony No 6 In E Minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Book: Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Luxury: Large Victorian bath with claw feet
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Music Played
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
- Menuhin: The Early Victor Recordings.
- Biddulph.
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Joseph Canteloube
L' Antou猫no (from Songs of the Auvergne)
Soloist: Kiri Te Kanawa Orchestra: The English Chamber Orchestra
- London.
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Carl Orff
Estuans interius (from Carmina Burana)
Soloist: Thomas Allen Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Andre Previn
- Carmina Burana.
- HMV.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Wasps Overture
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent
- EMI.
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Genesis
Follow You Follow Me
- And Then There Were Three.
- Charisma.
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Giacomo Puccini
La Boh猫me Act 1 (finale)
Soloist: Barbara Hendricks, Jose Carreras Orchestra: The French National Radio Orchestra Conductor: James Conlon
- CFP.
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Durham Cathedral Choir
I Wonder As I Wander
- Carols From Durham Cathedral.
- Abbey.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 6 in E minor
Conductor: Neville Marriner Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Collins Classics.
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Book Choice
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Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Luxury Choice
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Large Victorian bath with claw feet
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Sue Lawley |
Interviewed Guest | Kate Adie |
Broadcasts
- Sun 15 May 1994 12:15麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
- Fri 20 May 1994 09:05麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
- Sun 5 Feb 1995 12:15麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4
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