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Radio 4,06 Aug 1983,55 mins

Sir Frederick Gibberd

Desert Island Discs

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Sir Frederick Gibberd includes among his designs a bridge, Liverpool Cathedral, the mosque in Regent's Park and Harlow New Town, but he says of himself "had I been less interested in people and more interested in building a monument, I'd probably have been a better architect". In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his career, his enthusiasm for landscape gardening, and he chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: The Marriage of Figaro Act 3 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Scrapbook of poetry Luxury: Bottle of sleeping tablets

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Vieni! t'affretta! (from Macbeth)
    Vieni! t'affretta! (from Macbeth)
    Giuseppe Verdi
  3. 2.
    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major
    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. 3.
    Oboe Concerto in D minor - 2nd movement
    Oboe Concerto in D minor - 2nd movement
    Antonio Vivaldi