Monteverdi Choir

Tuning in…

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

Monteverdi Choir — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

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Gillian Clarke on saying no to becoming National Poet of Wales
Castaway · 15 December 2013Kirsty Young

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

Michael Tilson Thomas on being told to put his suit on and conduct mid-concert

Castaway · 11 February 1990Sue Lawley