Archbishop's Desert Island Discs
Sunday 22nd December 2002
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs programme on Sunday 22nd December 2002.
The Archbishop chose 8 records to take with him to a desert island, plus one book and one luxury. His selection is listed below.
Click download on the right to listen to the programme [17Mb]
Choices
1.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants on Dives & Lazarus - 1st Variant
Orchestra: The Academy of St Martin in the Fields
2.
James Hughes
Calon Lan (Guilesless Heart)
Choir: 5000 Voices at the Royal Albert Hall
3.
The Incredible String Band
The Hedgehog's Song
4.
Claudio Monteverdi
Ave maris stella (from Vespers 1610)
Orchestra: The London Bach Orchestra & Louis Halsey Singers
5.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G major - 1st movement
Soloist: Yuli Turovsky
6.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute Act 1, Finale
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra & Choir
Conductor: Otto Klempener
7.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata for the Third Day of Christmas
Soloist: Michael Goerge & Catherine Bott
Orchestra: New London Consort
Conductor: Philip Pickett
8.
Alexander Dmitriyevich Kastalsky
Compline Isiah's prophecy, Znamemy Chant
Choir: Choir of Russian Cathedral in London
Book : Collection of poems by W H Auden
Luxury item: A piano