Jenny Beavan, costume designer
Jenny Beavan, costume designer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.
Jenny Beavan has won three Oscars for her costumes for the films Room with a View, Mad Max: Fury Road and Cruella, and has received nine further Academy Award nominations.
She was born in London, and her parents were both professional musicians who encouraged her to paint, draw and learn a musical instrument. After studying theatre design, she was invited at the age of just 21 to create the sets for a production of Carmen at the Royal Opera House, conducted by Sir Georg Solti. She also worked on the costumes, which eventually led to her current career.
Her credits now include more than 60 films and television series, including a long collaboration with the Merchant Ivory team, on titles such as Howards End and Remains of the Day, as well as Room with a View. Her costumes range from precise period recreations, in films such as The King鈥檚 Speech, to the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max and the extravagant 1970s-inspired gowns for Emma Stone and Emma Thompson in Cruella. Along with her Oscars, Jenny has also won four Baftas and two Primetime Emmy awards.
She was appointed a OBE in 2017.
DISC ONE: Endure from Bach鈥檚 St Matthew Passion. Performed by Hans Peter Blochwitz and the Chapelle Royale Orchestra, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
DISC TWO: The Stately Homes of England - No毛l Coward
DISC THREE: Bizet: Carmen / Act 2 - "La fleur que tu m'avais jet茅e" (The flower you threw at me) Performed by Pl谩cido Domingo and London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Georg Solti
DISC FOUR: O Mio Babbino Caro. Composed by Giacomo Puccini and performed by Kiri Te Kanawa and The London Philharmonic Orchestra
DISC FIVE: Scream - Caitlin Albery Beavan and Jim Bell
DISC SIX: Parking Fines - Joe Lycett from his That鈥檚 the Way, A-Ha, A-Ha tour
DISC SEVEN: I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
DISC EIGHT: Radamisto, HWV 12, Act 2: "Ombra cara di mia sposa" (Radamisto) (Beloved shadow of my bride) Composed by George Frideric Handel, performed by Em枚ke Bar谩th and Ensemble Artaserse, conducted by Philippe Jaroussky
BOOK CHOICE: The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
LUXURY ITEM: A cello
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Endure from Bach鈥檚 St Matthew Passion. Performed by Hans Peter Blochwitz and the Chapelle Royale Orchestra, conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Sarah Taylor
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St. Matthew Passion Endure
Orchestra: La Chapelle Royale. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Singer: Hans Peter Blochwitz.- Matth盲us Passion.
- Harmonia Mundi France.
- 12.
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No毛l Coward
The Stately Homes of England
- No毛l Coward: His Art.
- Editions Audiovisuel Beulah.
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Giacomo Puccini
Bizet: Carmen / Act 2 - "La fleur que tu m'avais jet茅e"
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti. Singer: Pl谩cido Domingo.- Bizet: Carmen / Act 2 - "La fleur que tu m'avais jet茅e".
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 8.
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Giacomo Puccini
O Mio Babbino Caro
Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa and The London Philharmonic Orchestra.- A Room with a View.
- Parlophone UK.
- 1.
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Caitlin Albery Beavan
Scream
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Joe Lycett
Parking Fines
- That's the Way, A-Ha, A-Ha, Joe Lycett: Live.
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Gloria Gaynor
I Will Survive
- I Choose Joy, Vol. 1.
- Top Tracks.
- 4.
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George Frideric Handel
Radamisto, HWV 12, Act 2: "Ombra cara di mia sposa" (Radamisto)
Singer: Em艖ke Bar谩th. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky.- 顿耻补濒颈迟脿.
- Warner Classics.
- 6.
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