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Monday, June 30, 2025

Sir Gregory Doran, theatre director, with Lauren Laverne. DESERT ISLAND DISCS : Mozart and Shakespeare’s Tempest (Paul Englishby)

 From this last week’s Desert Island Discs

Sir Gregory Doran, director

Sir Gregory Doran, theatre director, with Lauren Laverne.

I really enjoyed these two tracks this week. My Mum (and Dad probably) loved Alfred Brendel and he was a family favourite so his is a treat but the Englishby poem set to music was a revelation and I urge you to try it! Very contemporary almost folk ring to it! Beautiful . . . . . 

Alfred Brendel - Topic

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K.414: 2. Andante



"Where the bee sucks" (2016) · Royal Shakespeare Company & Paul Englishby

The Tempest: Music and Speeches

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