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Radio 4,02 Apr 1989,40 mins

Sir Stephen Spender

Desert Island Discs

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In this week's Desert Island Discs, one of the most eminent English poets of this century, Sir Stephen Spender, talks to Sue Lawley about his radical and often flamboyant past, and his friendships with such notable literary figures as Christopher Isherwood, WH Auden and Virginia Woolfe. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: String Quartet in A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: Painting or sculpture & photograph of daughter

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Falstaff Act 2
    Falstaff Act 2
    Giuseppe Verdi
  3. 2.
    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  4. 3.
    The Rake's Progress Act 1
    The Rake's Progress Act 1
    Igor Stravinsky