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ON NOW : Great Lives
Series 30 - 8. Primo Levi

Great Lives Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes, chooses Holocaust writer Primo Levi.

ON NEXT : 17:00 PM

Presented byKirsty Young

Desert Island Discs Presenter Kirsty Young

Pat Smythe

Pat Smythe

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Broadcast

First broadcast: Thu 03 Mar 1955

Showjumper

Roy Plomley's castaway is showjumper Pat Smythe.

Choices

Johann Sebastian Bach

1.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major

Orchestra: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Others who chose this artist

Manolo Leira Y Sus Flamencos

2.

Manolo Leira Y Sus Flamencos

Fait Trotter Ta Mule

Victor Borge

3.

Victor Borge

Phonetic Pronunciation

Others who chose this artist

Giacomo Puccini

4.

Giacomo Puccini

Nessun dorma! (from Turandot)

Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

Others who chose this artist

Harry Torrani

5.

Harry Torrani

Mountain Home Yodel

Alexander Borodin

6.

Alexander Borodin

Prince Igor

Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

Others who chose this artist

Elba Atamirano

7.

Elba Atamirano

Io Vendo Unos Ojos Negros

Vittoria

8.

Vittoria

Kyrie

Occupations

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