Umberto Giordano

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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

Umberto Giordano — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

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Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Sue Biggs
Sue Biggs on receiving a packet of seeds for her seventh birthday
Castaway · 7 July 2019Lauren Laverne
Pauline Collins
Pauline Collins on giving up a child for adoption
Castaway · 17 December 1989Sue Lawley
Renata Scotto

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

Renata Scotto on replacing Maria Callas in Edinburgh

Castaway · 30 August 1980Roy Plomley

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David Hockney on being asked if he had a private income at art school

Castaway · 5 February 1972Roy Plomley

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How a fan told Derek Oldham he went to school with her mother

Castaway · 12 September 1966Roy Plomley