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This Week's Guest:
David Sainsbury
Sunday 1 February
Repeated
Friday 6 February | | |  |
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This week Sue Lawley's castaway is David Sainsbury – now Lord Sainsbury of Turville.
David Sainsbury who is a grocer and a politician is also one of Britain’s richest men and was a multi-millionaire by the time he was in his twenties. However he says that along with his wealth he has inherited a strong sense of duty. He was the fourth generation of the family to take over the business and became only its sixth chairman in more than 120 years. Although his career at Sainsbury’s spanned more than thirty years, he has combined it with following his passion for politics. In the 1980s he bankrolled the SDP – and at the time there was talk of him being a future secretary of state for trade in David Owen’s cabinet. But, when the SDP imploded in the late 1980s he was disillusioned – and his interest wasn’t rekindled until Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party. After the Labour election win in 1997 he was made a Lord and shortly afterwards became a science minister.
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1. Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja- The Birdcatcher am I
Performer Erich Kunz with the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Composer Mozart
Publisher Pearl
CD Title Magic Flute
Track Cd1 trk 3
Label Gems
Rec No: 0197
2. Love duet from Act 1 of Verdi's Otello
Performer Ramon Vinay & Herva Nelli with NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini
Composer Verdi
Publisher Urania
CD Title Otello
Track Cd2 trk 9
Label Urania
Rec No: URN 22 215
3. Ballad of Mack the Knife from the Threepenny Opera
Performer Lotte Lenya with Turk Murphy
Composer Kurt Weill
Publisher Sony music
CD Title American Theatre Songs
Track 21
Label Sony Classical
Rec No: MHK 60647
4. Chariots of Fire (theme tune)
Performer Vangelis
Composer Vangelis
Publisher Spheric
CD Title Chariots of Fire
Track 1
Label Polydor
Rec No: 800 020-2
5. Sweet and Dandy
Performer Toots & the Maytals
Composer E Hibbert
Publisher Bird music
CD Title Do the Reggae 1966-70
Track 12
Label Attack
Rec No: CDAT 103
6. Imagine
Performer John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band
Composer John Lennon
Publisher Lennon Music
CD Title Imagine
Track 1
Label Parlophone
Rec No: CDR 6534
7. Pie Jesu from Faure's Requiem
Performer Marie McLaughlin & City of London Sinfonia conducted by Harry Christophers
Concert in Celebration of the Life of Sir Robert Sainsbury Oct. 2000
PRIVATE TAPE - NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
8. Part of the finale of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
Performer Thomas Allen and Kiri te Kanawa with the London Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Sir George Solti
Composer Mozart
Publisher Decca
CD Title Le Nozze di Figaro
Track 5
Label Decca
Rec No: 417 395-2
Record: Le Nozze di Figaro
Book: The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
Luxury: Large bath with a constant supply of hot water
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