Julian Bream

Julian Bream first played the guitar on radio in Children's Hour when he was only 13. This led to guest appearances in a series on the Light Programme, and so his career took off. Before long he also took up the lute and played his part in the revival of interest in early music. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his long career and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

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Julian Bream is an episode from Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1970-1986 by BBC.

This episode is 32:49 long.

This episode was published on Jul 9, 1983.

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