The aspiring politicians get their first radio interview ahead of the by-election. 
1.
Guido Haazen
Missa Luba
Choir: The Muungano National Choir
Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 24 Dec 2000
Astrophysicist
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the astrophysicist Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Jocelyn Bell Burnell was only twenty-four when she made the discovery of a lifetime: As she was mapping the universe for her PhD, she chanced upon the radio signal for a totally new kind of star, known as a 'pulsar'. Her find is seen as one of the most important contributions to astrophysics in the twentieth century.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Choices
2.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major - 2nd movement
Soloist: Timothy Brown Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
3.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture
Orchestra: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Daniel Baren
4.
1st Battalion of the 51st Highland Volunteers
The Reel of the 51st Highland Division
5.
Castaway's favourite
Giuseppe Verdi
Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (from Nabucco)
Orchestra: Orchestra & Choir of La Scala, Milan
6.
Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov
Bless the Lord, o my soul (from Liturgy of St John Chrysostom)
Soloist: Joya Logan Choir: Corydon Singers
7.
Leonard Bernstein
Serenade (after Plato's Symposium) - 4th movement
Soloist: Hilary Hahn Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
8.
John Tavener
With Great Peace & Serenity from Eternal Memo
Soloist: Steven Isserlis Orchestra: Moscow Virtuosi Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
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