Symphony of Psalms — Igor Stravinsky — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Symphony of Psalms — Igor Stravinsky — Song · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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Song

Symphony of Psalms — Igor Stravinsky

9 episodes

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Christopher Fry
Edmund Rubbra
Glenda Jackson MP
Malcolm Williamson
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Norman Painting
Peter Shaffer
Stephen Sondheim

Mark-Anthony Turnage
Mark-Anthony Turnage on the light bulb moment when music clicked aged nine
Castaway · 5 January 2025Lauren Laverne
Stephen Sondheim
How a lie from his mother led Stephen Sondheim to live with his father at 15
Castaway · 31 December 2000Sue Lawley

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

Norman Painting

Norman Painting on resigning from The Archers after three months

Castaway · 26 December 2000Sue Lawley

Glenda Jackson MP

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Glenda Jackson MP

Glenda Jackson on polishing her Oscar to find base metal underneath

Castaway · 28 December 1997Sue Lawley

01°23′S 035°08′W

Edmund Rubbra

Edmund Rubbra on ‘knitting’ his music instead of writing it

Castaway · 23 May 1981Roy Plomley

Stephen Sondheim

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Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim on writing Send in the Clowns overnight

Castaway · 16 August 1980Roy Plomley

08°28′S 129°01′W

Peter Shaffer

Peter Shaffer on his two and three quarter years as a Bevin boy down the coal mines

Castaway · 24 November 1979Roy Plomley

Christopher Fry

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Christopher Fry

Christopher Fry on taking letters to the post at midnight

Castaway · 7 October 1978Roy Plomley

Malcolm Williamson

00°52′S 142°01′W

Malcolm Williamson

How treading on a lady’s foot ended Malcolm Williamson’s conducting career

Castaway · 12 June 1976Roy Plomley