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This Week's Guest:
John Browne
2 July 2006
Repeated
7 July 2006 |
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John's Choice |
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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the chief executive of BP, John Browne.
His father had also worked for the company and through visits to Iran as a boy, he witnessed spectacular oil-well blow-outs which gave him a fascination for the business. He joined BP after leaving university, starting at the sharp end as a petroleum engineer in Alaska in the 1970s. For twenty years, he travelled the world, working his way up the ladder before permanently settling in London.
Almost ten years ago, he said that oil companies must take seriously the threat of global warming and take measures to tackle the issue. He was knighted in 1998, and created a life peer in 2001 as Lord Browne of Madingley. |
1. Chan Chan
Performer Francisco Repilado
Composer Francisco Repilado
CD Title Buena Vista Social Club
Track 1
Label World Circuit
Rec No: SCD050
2. An extract from the end of Act 1 of Cosi Fan Tutte
Performer Montserrat Caballé, Janet Baker, Ileana Cotrubas & Richard Van Allan with the Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Convent Garden
conducted by Sir Colin Davis
Composer Mozart
Publisher Philips Classics
CD Title Cosi Fan Tutte
Track CD2 Trk 4
Label Philips
Rec No: 4225422
3. O Mio Babbino Caro
Performer Angela Gheorghiu with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano
Composer Puccini
Publisher EMI
CD Title Il Trittico
Track Cd3 Trk 10
Label EMI CLASSICS
Rec No: 72435 565790
4. Part of Elgar's Wand of Youth Suite No 1
Performer Orchestra of the Academy of St Martins in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
Composer Elgar
Publisher Capriccio
CD Title Elgar: Enigma Variations
Track 17
Label Capriccio
Rec No: 10501
5. My Back Pages
Performer Marshall Crenshaw
Composer Bob Dylan
Publisher Special Rider Music
CD Title Bleeker Street - Greenwich Village in the 60's
Track 2
Label Astor Place Recordings
Rec No: TCD 4012
6. Narrow Daylight
Performer Diana Krall
Composer Diana Krall & Elvis Costello
Publisher Verve Music Group
CD Title The Girl in the Other Room
Track 9
Label Verve
Rec No: 9862063
7. Un di Felice, Eterea from Act 1 of La Traviata
Performer Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazon with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Carlo Rizzi
Composer Verdi
Publisher Deutsche Grammophon
CD Title La Traviata
Track CD1 trk 15
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Rec No: B0005529-02
8. Four Last Songs
Performer Renée Fleming with the Houston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christoph Eschenbach
Composer Strauss
Publisher BMG Music
CD Title Four Last Songs
Track 3
Label RCA
Rec No: 09026685392
Record:Cosi Fan Tutte
Book: Other Men's Flowers: An Anthology of Poetry by A.P. Wavell
Luxury:A lifetime's supply of 'great cigars'.
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