Judi Dench

First broadcast: Sun 12 Apr 1998

British actor

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the actress Dame Judi Dench.

She's been delighting audiences for some 40 years, on film, television and the stage. It's partly this versatility that makes her so special. Nominated for an Oscar for the film Mrs Brown, in which she played an ageing Queen Victoria, she says the difference between film and the theatre is that on stage she can make an audience believe that she's a tall, willowy blond, when in reality she is five foot nothing.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Choices

Ralph Vaughan Williams

The Lark Ascending

Soloist: Iona Brown Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Sir Neville Mariner

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Henry Purcell

March (from the Funeral Music for Queen Mary)

Orchestra: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Choir: Choir of King’s College Cambridge Conductor: Philip Ledger

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William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing Act 4, Scene 1

Soloist: John Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft

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Castaway's favourite

Chris de Burgh

Lady in Red

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Miles Davis

Blue in Green

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Sir Hubert Parry

I Was Glad

Soloist: Andrew Lucas Choir: Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral Conductor: John Scott

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Patrick Doyle

Non Nobis, Domine

Orchestra: Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Simon Rattle

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte)

Soloist: Hillevi Martinpelto, Alison Hagley, Thomas Allen Orchestra: The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Conductor: Simon Rattle

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Book

Ordnance Survey map of the world by

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Luxury item

The Man with a Glove painting by Titian

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