Irmgard Seefried

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Irmgard Seefried — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

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1980s

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Castaway · 16 May 1981Roy Plomley

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Yehudi Menuhin on his struggle to produce a vibrato

Castaway · 16 April 1977Roy Plomley

08°53′S 003°34′W

Irmgard Seefried on fighting the fire to save the Vienna Opera House

Castaway · 22 November 1969Roy Plomley

17°50′S 123°33′W

Hephzibah Menuhin on dreading a desert island without people

Castaway · 25 August 1958Roy Plomley