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Radio 4,27 Feb 1994,40 mins

Frances Partridge

Desert Island Discs

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The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is as old as this century and is said to be the last survivor of the much written-about Bloomsbury set. She is Frances Partridge and she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her colourful life, unconventional beliefs and friendships with such influential writers and philosophers of her time as Bertrand Russell, Wittgenstein, EM Forster, Lytton Strachey and Maynard Keynes. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Sinfonia Concertante In E Flat For Volin & Viola by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Memoirs by Duc de Saint-Simon Luxury: Flower press

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 100, D. 929
    Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 100, D. 929
    Franz Schubert
  3. 2.
    Chiome d'oro (Madrigal, Book 7)
    Chiome d'oro (Madrigal, Book 7)
    Claudio Monteverdi
  4. 3.
    Ain't Misbehavin'
    Ain't Misbehavin'
    Fats Waller