Dave Brubeck

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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

Dave Brubeck — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Raymond Briggs
How a shaken duster brought Raymond Briggs's parents together
Castaway · 20 March 2005Sue Lawley
Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck on dreaming the entire Our Father for his Mass
Castaway · 3 January 1999Sue Lawley
Steven Berkoff

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

Steven Berkoff on card games in the East End that worried him as a child

Castaway · 12 January 1992Sue Lawley

06°24′S 072°34′W

How a freeze in the 800 metres forced Sebastian Coe to refocus for the 1500 final

Castaway · 15 August 1981Roy Plomley

12°40′S 092°56′W

Simon Rattle on the terrifying moment before his first rehearsal with an orchestra

Castaway · 5 August 1978Roy Plomley