Howard Brenton
Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright Howard Brenton.
Sue Lawley's castaway is the playwright Howard Brenton. In the 1960s he was part of a movement called the New Jacobeans. They took drama out of the drawing room and on to a bigger stage. Often controversial, in Romans in Britain he drew parallels with Northern Ireland and earned the wrath of Mary Whitehouse for what she described as "procuring the cast to commit immoral acts".
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Weichet nur, Betrube Schatten, from the Wedding Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Luxury: Champagne
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - Fugue in C minor
Soloist: Glenn Gould
- The Glenn Gould Edition.
- Sony Classical.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Signor, deh, non partire (from The Coronation of Poppea)
Orchestra: The English Baroque Soloists Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
- L’Incoronazione Di Poppea.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Gustav Mahler
Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (from Das Lied von der Erde)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Soloist: Fritz Wunderlich Conductor: Otto Klemperer
- Das Lied von der Erde.
- EMI Classics.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dove sono (from The Marriage of Figaro)
Soloist: Kiri Te Kanawa Orchestra: London Philharmonic
- Le Nozze Di Figaro.
- Decca.
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Bob Dylan
One More Cup of Coffee
- Desire.
- CBS.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
O Delvig, Delvig! (from Symphony No. 14)
Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Soloist: Evgeny Nesterenko Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin
- Shostakovich.
- Melodiya.
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Benjamin Britten
Now the bright morning star (from Spring Symphony)
Orchestra: The Monteverdi Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
- Spring Symphony.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 202: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten
Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Soloist: Lisa Larsson Conductor: Ton Koopman
- Complete Cantatas.
- Erato.
Book Choice
Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Luxury Choice
Champagne
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sue Lawley |
| Interviewed Guest | Howard Brenton |
Broadcasts
- Sun 19 Jul 199811:15BBC Radio 4
- Fri 24 Jul 199809:00BBC Radio 4
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