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Rick Wakeman, musician and composer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs

Producer: Paula McGinley.

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Fri 16 Jun 201709:00
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen

    I Still Love You All

    • Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen Greatest Hits.
    • Sanctuary Records.

  • Profokiev

    Peter and the Wolf

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy. Narrator: David Bowie.
    • Peter and the Wolf.
    • BMG Classics.

  • Lonnie Donegan

    Have a Drink on Me

    • The Best of Lonnie Donnegan.
    • Sanctuary Records.

  • Schubert

    Symphony No. 8 ‘Unfinished’ in B Minor, 1st Movement, ‘Allegro Moderato’

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Schubert, Symphonies Nos. 8 & 5.
    • Decca.

  • The Black Crowes

    Hard to Handle

    • Shake Your Money Maker.
    • Sony.

  • Phil Harris

    Woodman, Woodman Spare that Tree

    • His Original and Greatest.
    • Jasmine Records.

  • CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      The Anvil Chorus

      Performer: The Metropolitan Opera and Chorus. Conductor: James Levine.
      • Il Trovatore.
      • Sony Classical.

  • The Who

    My Generation

    • My Generation.
    • Polydor.

  • BOOK CHOICE

    Principles of Orchestration by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

  • LUXURY ITEM

    Piano

Credits

PresenterKirsty Young
Interviewed GuestRick Wakeman
ProducerPaula McGinley

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 Jun 201711:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 16 Jun 201709:00
    BBC Radio 4

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