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Sue Lawley's castaway is folk singer-songwriter Peggy Seeger.

Favourite track: The Air from Suite No 3 in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: A Scots Quair by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Luxury: Banjo with plastic head with an inexhaustible supply of strings & pegs

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Fri 13 Jul 200109:00
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Alan Jabbour, Mike Seeger, Tom Kelly, Gil Carter

    Boatman

    • Fresh Oldtime String Band Music.
    • Rounder Records.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major - 2nd movement (Air on a G string)

      • Brandenburg Concertos.
      • EMI.

  • Cormac Breatnach

    Port na bPucai

    • Musical Journey.
    • Peer Music.

  • Unknown Romanian Song

  • Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    Isle of View

    • Broadcasting from Home.
    • BGC.

  • Ewan MacColl

    The Joy of Living

    • Black and White (The Definitive Collection).
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Irene Scott

    My Joy Of You

    • Love Will Linger On.
    • Appleseed.

  • Paul Simon

    Loves Me Like A Rock

    • Anthology.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Book Choice

    • A Scots Quair - Lewis Grassic Gibbon

  • Luxury Choice

    • Banjo with plastic head with an inexhaustible supply of strings & pegs

Credits

PresenterSue Lawley
Interviewed GuestPeggy Seeger

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 Jul 200111:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 13 Jul 200109:00
    BBC Radio 4

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