Olivier Messiaen — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Olivier Messiaen

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

3

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

2

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Noel Rawsthorne
Sir Nicholas Goodison

Sir Nicholas Goodison
Castaway · 1 March 1987Michael Parkinson
Ed McBain
Castaway · 23 June 1979Roy Plomley
Noel Rawsthorne
Castaway · 30 December 1972

desert is.land

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

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

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

Olivier Messiaen — Artist · desert is.land