Carl Nielsen

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

Carl Nielsen — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

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Castaway · 16 July 1983Roy Plomley
Patricia Ruanne

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

Patricia Ruanne on hiding behind a character to overcome performance nerves

Castaway · 28 March 1981Roy Plomley