Dame Stephanie Shirley
Kirsty Young's castaway is entrepreneur Dame Stephanie Shirley.
Entrepreneur Dame Stephanie Shirley joins Kirsty Young on Desert Island Discs.
As a child, she escaped Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport - travelling across Europe for two days in a train with a thousand children and just two adults. She went on to set up a computer programming company which made her a millionaire many times over. But she has given away most of her fortune and now is an ambassador for philanthropy. Her determination throughout it all, she says, has been to prove that hers was a life worth saving.
Record: Mozart- Sonata in C, K. 545
Book: AA Milne - Winnie The Pooh
Luxury: Mother and Child by Henry Moore.
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Music Played
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major
Soloist: Christianne Jaccottet, Christine Sartoretti Orchestra: W眉rttemberg Chamber Orchestra Conductor: J枚rg Faerber
- Complete Concerti, Orchestral Suites.
- Vox Box.
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Franz Schubert
Heidenr枚slein, D257
Soloist: Teresa Stich-Randall
- Lieder De Mozart et Schubert.
- Accord.
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Edvard Grieg
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, op. 54
Soloist: G茅za Anda Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
- Piano Concertos.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Castaway's Favourite
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in C
Soloist: Sviatoslav Richter
- Piano Sonatas K.282, K.545 and K.310.
- Philips.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major 'Trout'
Soloist: Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline du Pre, Zubin Mehta
- The Trout.
- Opus Arte.
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The Beathovens
Summer's Child
- Beathovens - PRIVATE TAPE..
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E flat major
Soloist: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin
- Piano Sonata II.
- Hyperion.
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Gerald Finzi
Five Bagatelles, Op. 23a
Orchestra: Northern Sinfonia
- Clarinet Concerto.
- Naxos.
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Book Choice
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Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne
Luxury Choice
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Mother and Child by Henry Moore
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kirsty Young |
Interviewed Guest | Stephanie Shirley |
Broadcasts
- Sun 23 May 2010 11:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 28 May 2010 09:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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