Anton Bruckner — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

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Anton Bruckner — Composer · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Composer

Anton Bruckner

10 episodes

Chosen over the decades

10

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

4

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Claudio Abbado
James Ellroy
Jean Plaidy
John Barry
Professor George Steiner
Rosalind Plowright
Sir Christopher Leaver
Vidal Sassoon
Viscount Rothermere
Zubin Mehta

Vidal Sassoon
How Vidal Sassoon fought fascists on the streets of London at 17
Castaway · 9 October 2011Kirsty Young
James Ellroy
James Ellroy on the relief he felt when his mother was murdered
Castaway · 17 January 2010Kirsty Young

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

John Barry on being carried into a cinema at age two to see a mouse

Castaway · 13 June 1999Sue Lawley

Viscount Rothermere

20°35′S 152°29′W

Viscount Rothermere

Viscount Rothermere on his sinking heart at the prospect of a life of hunting and shooting

Castaway · 14 April 1996Sue Lawley

Professor George Steiner

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Professor George Steiner

George Steiner on the moment his father called a mob 'history'

Castaway · 18 February 1996Sue Lawley

05°39′S 021°43′W

Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehta on a catastrophe at the Met with a glockenspiel player

Castaway · 30 June 1984Roy Plomley

Rosalind Plowright

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Rosalind Plowright

Rosalind Plowright on hiding behind a character on the opera stage

Castaway · 5 May 1984Roy Plomley

Sir Christopher Leaver

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Sir Christopher Leaver

Christopher Leaver on his earliest memory of a ship's cabin flooding

Castaway · 13 February 1982Roy Plomley

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Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado on deciding to become a conductor at age seven after hearing his first concert at La Scala

Castaway · 9 February 1980Roy Plomley

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Jean Plaidy

How Hampton Court inspired Jean Plaidy to become a historical novelist

Castaway · 24 June 1972Roy Plomley