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Radio 4,05 Jul 1998,45 mins

Sybille Bedford

Desert Island Discs

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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the writer Sybille Bedford. Born the daughter of a German baron in 1911, her childhood brought her into contact with the great literary figures of her age - Aldous Huxley, Virginia Woolf and T S Eliot. She has received critical acclaim as a novelist, journalist and law reporter, covering the Lady Chatterley trial, the Auschwitz trial and the trial of Jack Ruby. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Slow Movement of 'Double' Violin Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: A La Recherche de Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust Luxury: A French restaurant in full working order

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  3. 2.
    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major
    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 3.
    Dove sono (from The Marriage of Figaro)
    Dove sono (from The Marriage of Figaro)
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart