Sir Roger Bannister
Sue Lawley's castaway is record-breaking runner and neurologist Sir Roger Bannister.
The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is Sir Roger Bannister, the man who first ran the four-minute mile. Now an eminent neurologist, he is as proud of his research during the last 15 years into the effects of low blood pressure, as he is of his achievements on the athletics field.
Master of Pembroke College, he's taken up sculling, and with a night school qualification in navigation as well, he'll be telling Sue Lawley how he plans to escape from the desert island.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Violin Concerto in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Anthology of Russian, American & English Stories
Luxury: Solar-powered receiver to receive Radio 4
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D Major
Soloist: Kyung Wha Chung Orchestra: The Vienna Philharmonic Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin
- Beethoven: Violin Concerto.
- Decca.
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Giacomo Puccini
Franchigia a Floria Tosca (from Tosca)
Soloist: Placido Domingo, Renate Scotto Orchestra: The Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: James Levine
- Puccini: Tosca.
- EMI.
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Risky Business
Risky Business
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'
Orchestra: The Columbia Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter
- Dvorak: Symphony No 9.
- CBS.
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Benjamin Britten
The spacious firmament on high (from Noye's Fludde)
Orchestra: An East Suffolk Children's Orchestra Conductor: Norman Del Mar
- Britten: Noye's Fludde/The Golden Vanity.
- London.
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Gustav Holst & Christina Rossetti
In The Bleak Midwinter
Soloist: Jeremy Pound Choir: The Choir Of New College Oxford
- Carols From New College.
- CRD.
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Leopold Mozart
Toy Symphony
Soloist: Roger Bannister Orchestra: The Princeton Chamber Orchestra
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Joseph Haydn
The Creation
Orchestra: The Chorus & Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Mariner
- The Creation Haydn.
- Philips.
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Book Choice
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Anthology of Russian, American & English Stories
Luxury Choice
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Solar-powered receiver to receive Radio 4
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Sue Lawley |
Interviewed Guest | Roger Bannister |
Broadcasts
- Sun 16 Feb 1992 12:15成人快手 Radio 4
- Fri 21 Feb 1992 09:05成人快手 Radio 4
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