Gavin Bryars

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desert is.land

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

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Transmission

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

Gavin Bryars — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

4 episodes

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2000s

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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

How a derelict window led Cornelia Parker from painting to sculpture

Castaway · 16 February 2003Sue Lawley

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Gavin Bryars on finding a tramp's recording that became Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet

Castaway · 5 April 1998Sue Lawley