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This Week's Guest:
Simon Murray
4 January 2009
Repeated
9 January 2009 |
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Simon's Choice |
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Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the adventurer and businessman Simon Murray.
What many of us would struggle to do over three life-times he has managed in one - as a teenager, nursing a broken heart and determined to prove himself, he joined the French Foreign Legion. Fighting in the Algerian war, he risked his life many times over; combat was at close quarters and was very bloody.
Next, he set his sights on business - he ran some of the most well-known companies in South East Asia and was one of Chris Patten’s key allies during the handover of Hong Kong.
Then, in his sixties and looking for a new challenge, he chanced upon the idea of polar adventure – he went on to become the oldest person to walk unsupported to the South Pole.
But after all this, his greatest achievement, he says, is his marriage. Perhaps it's no surprise that his wife of 43 years, Jennifer, is the first woman to have flown a helicopter solo around the world.
These days their three children try to curb their enthusiasm for dangerous pursuits… but, Simon snorts, the couple simply say: "We're not listening." |
1. Why
Performer Annie Lennox
Composer Annie Lennox
CD Title Annie Lennox: Diva
Track 1
Label RCA
Rec No PD75326
2. A Vucchella – A Sweet Mouth
Performer Luciano Pavarotti accompanied by John Wustman
Composer D’Annunzio/Tosti
CD Title Pavarotti at Carnegie Hall
Track 12
Label DECCA
Rec No 4215262
3. Eugenie
Performer Members of the French Foreign Legion
CD Title Chants de La Legion Etrangere
4. The 2nd movement of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor
Performer Idil Biret with the Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robert Stankovsky
Composer Chopin
CD Title Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2
Track 2
Label NAXOS
Rec No 8550369
5. Sweet Caroline
Performer Neil Diamond
Composer Neil Diamond
CD Title Neil Diamond: 20 Golden Hits
Track 1
Label MCA
Rec No DMCTV2
6. Intermezzo
Performer Riccardo Muti conducts Cavalleria Rusticana
Composer Pietro Mascagni
CD Title Mascagni:Cavalleria Rusticana
Track 16
Label EMI
Rec No CMS7636502
7. Three Little Birds
Performer Bob Marley
Composer Bob Marley
CD Title Bob Marley & the Wailers
Track 15
Label Tuff Gong
Rec No BMWCD4
8. O Soave Fanciulla – Oh beautiful maiden
Performer Maria Callas and Giuseppe di Stefano with the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Antonino Votto
Composer Puccini
CD Title La Bohème
Track 16
Label EMI
Rec No CDM7695432
Record: O Soave Fanciulla
Book: The Cautionary Tales of Belloc
Luxury: Lots of paper, pencil and pencil sharpener
Kirsty Young's castaway next week is Ruth Padel
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