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4 Extra Debut. From Jeff Buckley to Tchaikovsky. Actor Simon Callow shares his castaway music choices with Sue Lawley. From 2000.

Actor Simon Callow is castaway by Sue Lawley.

He impressed the theatre world when he played Mozart in Amadeus, and won our hearts as the genial Scot, Gareth, in Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Like many actors, he learned his trade in rep.

It's a good place to make mistakes, he says, recalling how he fell twenty foot through a trap door during 'A Christmas Carol'.

DISC ONE: Tchaikovsky - Suite No. 3 in G major
DISC TWO: Wagner - Tannhäuser Overture
DISC THREE: : Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez - Narciso Yepes
DISC FOUR: Mozart - Vorrei spiegarvi, o Dio! (aria)
DISC FIVE: Alan Rawsthorne - Piano Concerto No.2 – Allegro
DISC SIX: Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine
DISC SEVEN: Schubert - String Quintet in C major - 2nd movement
DISC EIGHT: Mojca Zlobko - Adagio Amoroso

BOOK CHOICE: String Quintet in C Major - Adagio by Franz Schubert
LUXURY CHOICE: Dictionary
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Nose hair trimmer

Producer: Angie Nehring

First broadcast on 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4 in February 2000.

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