Hello I'm Kirstie Young and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs archive.

For Wright's reasons, we've had to shorten the music.

The program was originally broadcast in 1983 and the presenter was Roy Plumley. Our castaway this week is an author, lecturer and musician, it's the Baroness Maria von Trapp.

Baroness, how well do you think you could endure loneliness on a desert island. I just want to add besides being what you

said I am and also a mother and a grandmother. I have 10 children, 29 grandchildren

and 11 great-grandchildren.

Splendid, congratulations.

Now, do you think the eight records you've chosen

would help you on your Desert Island

by making you more cheerful,

or would they make you rather sad because they'd remind

you vividly of the past?

Well, some of them certainly would.

The ones by Lord the Lehman, whom I knew very well, was a personal friend with her glorious voice.

And also...

No, don't tell us in advance what we're going to hear.

No, it's got to be a surprise. What's the first

one you've chosen? A clear enough music by Mozart. And why do you choose that?

Because it is so joyous.

If you are really in a lousy mood where you could spit, you play the

kain in nach music and you are all right. And then. The The Oh, no, no. The The piano Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Calbone, the Rondo from Einecline

and Nach music for playing when you're in a lousy mood and good spit.

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