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Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Desert Island Discs: John Drummond

26/06/1994

John Drummond

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Sue Lawley's castaway is director of the Promenade Concerts John Drummond

Sue Lawley's castaway is director of the Promenade Concerts John Drummond.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Director of the Promenade Concerts John Drummond. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his years at the BBC, starting as a general trainee, leaving it to become Director of the Edinburgh Festival and returning as Controller of Music and then Controller of Radio Three. He'll be discussing his passionate attachment to fine music and musicianship and his conviction that such music should not just be heard, but must be properly listened to.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] 

Favourite track: Soave Sia Il Vento from Cosi fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Encyclopaedia of the libretti of all the well-known operas
Luxury: Small theatre

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