Sir Roy Calne
Sue Lawley's castaway is surgeon and painter Sir Roy Calne.
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is a surgeon and a painter.
Sir Roy Calne - Professor of Surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge - will be talking to Sue Lawley about his early conviction that transplant surgery was a viable way of treating kidney and liver disease, about his struggles to have his ideas accepted and about the paintings he has done of his patients - many of which have been the subject of several public exhibitions.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Symphony No 9 From The New World (Opus 95) by Antonin Dvořák
Book: Global Biodiversity by Brian Groombridge
Luxury: Paints and canvas
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique'
Soloist: Walter Gieseking
- Piano Sonatas Nos 8 - 14.
- EMI.
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Josh White
I Gave My Love A Cherry
- Ballads And Blues.
- Brunswick.
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Johannes Brahms
Clarinet Quintet In B minor
Soloist: Thea King Orchestra: The Gabrieli String Quartet
- Brahms Clarinet Quintet.
- Hyperion.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Dies irae (from Requiem Mass)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonica Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
- Verdi Requiem.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'
Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
- Dvorak Symphony No 9.
- EMI.
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Georges Bizet
Je vais danser en votre honneur (from Carmen)
Soloist: Teresa Berganza Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- Bizet - Carmen.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Là ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)
Soloist: Roger Soyer, Helen Donath Orchestra: The English Chamber Orchestra
- Mozart - Don Giovanni.
- EMI.
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Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C major - 2nd movement
Soloist: Daniel Veis Orchestra: The Kocian Quartet
- Schubert String Quintet.
- Supraphon.
Book Choice
Global Biodiversity - Brian Groombridge
Luxury Choice
Paints and canvas
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sue Lawley |
| Interviewed Guest | Sir Roy Calne |
Broadcasts
- Sun 25 Feb 199612:15BBC Radio 4
- Fri 1 Mar 199609:05BBC Radio 4
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