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Sir Roger Norrington
Sue Lawley's guest this week is the conductor Sir Roger Norrington. Known for conducting music at a cracking pace, he argues that it's the way the great composers would have played it. Music should be fun, he says, it sh...
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Sir Roger Norrington is an episode from Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000 by BBC. Sue Lawley's guest this week is the conductor Sir Roger Norrington. Known for conducting music at a cracking pace, he argues that it's the way the great...
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Published Aug 15, 1999, 37:44 long, audio available.
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Sue Lawley's guest this week is the conductor Sir Roger Norrington. Known for conducting music at a cracking pace, he argues that it's the way the great composers would have played it. Music should be fun, he says, it should entertain - and never, ever, be pompous. He chooses eight records to take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No.6 by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Complete Works by Thomas Hardy Luxury: Chocolate
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Published Aug 15, 1999 and 37:44 long