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Michael Parkinson's castaway is conductor Jane Glover.

Jane Glover, who is the Artistic Director of the London Mozart Players, first became interested in conducting when she was reading music at Oxford University. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, she recalls her work at Glyndebourne, where she began as a repetiteur for the Opera Company and ended up running the touring company, and she talks about the way her career is developing as a conductor.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Cosi fan Tutte Act 1 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Letters by Virginia Woolf
Luxury: Bathroom with lots of full cupboards

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Fri 4 Apr 198609:05
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra

    • Mozart Concerti.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    • The Clerkes of Oxenford sing Tallis.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Peter Grimes Act 1

    Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Benjamin Britten

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Cosi fan tutte, Act 1

      Soloist: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Karl Böhm

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 13 in A minor

    Orchestra: Amadeus Quartet

    • Schubert: String Quartets.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Jephtha Act 3

    Soloist: Anthony Rolfe-Johnson Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Marriner

  • Gustav Mahler

    Der Abschied (from Das Lied von der Erde)

    Soloist: Jessye Norman Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Sir Colin Davis

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C major 'Jupiter'

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • Letters - Virginia Woolf

  • Luxury Choice

    • Bathroom with lots of full cupboards

Credits

PresenterMichael Parkinson
Interviewed GuestJane Glover

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Mar 198612:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 4 Apr 198609:05
    BBC Radio 4

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