Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook
Kirsty Young's castaway is campaigner Caroline, Countess Of Cranbrook.
Kirsty Young's castaway is Caroline, Countess of Cranbrook. Caroline has travelled the world to see how different zoos worked, spent years living in the jungle and, when she returned to Britain, taught herself how to be a farmer. She has become a champion of the countryside and, when a supermarket giant announced plans to open a store on her doorstep, she decided to take them on.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: No. 54 Chorale: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Food in England by Dorothy Hartley
Luxury: Ink and a pen.
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Soviet Army Chorus & Drum Corps
The Song of the Plains (Meadowland)
- Soviet Army Chorus & Band.
- EMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St Matthew Passion - O Haupt voll Blut
Choir: Cologne Cathedral Boys鈥� Choir, Dresden Chamber Choir, Orchestra: Cologne Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Helmut Muller-Bruhl
- St Matthew Passion.
- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Zeffiretti lusinghieri (from Idomeneo)
Soloist: Sena Jurinac
- Mozart: Idomeneo.
- Urania.
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Lead Belly
Take This Hammer
- Lead Belly where Did You Sleep Last Night.
- Smithsonian.
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Choir of Alleyn鈥檚 School
The Kettles are Singing
Orchestra: English Opera Group Orchestra
- Britten: The Little Sweep.
- London.
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Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band
Panama Rag
- The Parlophones 1949-1959 Volume One 'Come on and stomp, stomp, stomp!'.
- Calligraph.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4 In G major
Soloist: Christian Blackshaw Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
- 大象传媒 Sound Archive.
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Charlie Stringer
To Be a Farmer's Boy
- John Howson Collection. Traditional Music in England project.
- 大象传媒 Sound Archive.
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Book Choice
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Food in England - Dorothy Hartley
Luxury Choice
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Ink and a pen
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Caroline Gathorne-Hardy |
Broadcasts
- Sun 31 May 2009 11:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 5 Jun 2009 09:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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