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Castaway's favourite
Peter Gabriel
That’ll Do
Composer: Randy Newman
Terry Wogan
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 01 Jan 2012
Radio and television broadcaster
Kirsty Young's castaway is the broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan.
His career has spanned more than five decades and includes the chat show Wogan, the Eurovision Song Contest, the quiz Blankety Blank and for many years being the host of Radio 2's breakfast show.
He says: "You have to create a kind of little club - you are not talking to an audience, you are talking to one person - and they are only half listening anyway. It's a mistake to think that everyone is clinging to your every word."
Choices
4.
The Choir of Moscow’s Church of the Ascension of the Lord
O Praise the Lord from Heaven
Composer: Trad.
5.
Gaetano Donizetti
Una furtiva lagrima (from L'Elisir d'amore)
Artist: Placido Domingo with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus conducted by John Pritchard.
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Giacomo Puccini
E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)
Artist: Placido Domingo with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli Composer: Puccini
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 09 Oct 1988
Radio and television broadcaster
Shy, lazy, self-effacing: this is the way this week's castaway on Desert Island Discs describes himself to Sue Lawley. So how come he ventured to the Radio Show at Earl's Court to choose his eight records to accompany him to the island? Well, you can find out how Terry Wogan just can't resist the challenge of a real, live audience, and also hear his ruminations on solitude, show business and shyness.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Choices
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Castaway's favourite
Irene Sharp
My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose
2.
Charles-François Gounod
Avant de quitter ces lieux (from Faust)
Soloist: Dietrich Fischer Dieskau
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Gilbert & Sullivan
For the merriest fellows (from The Gondoliers)
Choir: Glyndebourne Chorus Orchestra: The Pro Arte Orchestra Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent
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Giuseppe Verdi
Grand March (from Aida)
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
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Johann Strauss II
Nuns' Chorus (from Casanova)
Soloist: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Orchestra: The Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Ackermann
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Conrad Weidt
When The Lighthouse Shines Across The Bay
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sat 21 May 1983
Radio and television broadcaster
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Terry Wogan.
Choices
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Castaway's favourite
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade - 3rd movement
Soloist: Rodney Friend Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bernard Haitink
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Pietro Mascagni
Inneggiamo, il Signor (Easter Hymn) (from Cavalleria rusticana)
Soloist: Victoira De Los Angeles Orchestra: Rome Opera House Conductor: Gabriele Santini
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