Kyung-Wha Chung

Desert Island Discs

BBC

Society & Culture, Music Commentary, Music, Personal Journals

4.4 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 1979

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Roy Plomley's castaway is violinist Kyung-Wha Chung.

Favourite track: Cello Suite No. 5 In C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Luxury: Mixed flower seeds

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Christy Young, and this is a download from the Desert Island
0:03.8	Discs Archive. This edition may be slightly different from what was
0:07.8	actually broadcast, but it's the only version we have. It comes from the
0:12.0	British Library's radio collection. It was
0:14.8	archived without the music, so although the Castaways choices are introduced,
0:19.4	they're not part of this recording. Full details can be found on the Castaway's page on the Desert Island Discs website.
0:26.4	The program was originally broadcast in 1979.
0:30.2	And the presenter was Roy Plumley.
0:33.0	Our cast away this week is from Korea, the violinist Kiang Huachung.
0:38.0	Now, Miss Chong, what in your life would you be happy to have left behind?
0:44.0	Well, there are a lot of things.
0:47.0	For instance, let's say some of the rather lovable conductors.
0:52.0	No, I'm...
0:55.0	Actually, I would like to leave behind the violin.
0:58.0	Really?
0:59.0	Yes.
1:00.0	Oh, I don't believe that. You don't?
1:02.0	Did it take you long to choose your eight records? No it didn't take me terribly long. I just simply chose the records that I grew up with rather than I've been acquainted recently.
1:14.0	Do you collect records if you got a big collection?
1:16.8	No, not really because record collection was never
1:20.0	opposition of mine like with some people because I prefer actually the live performance.
1:26.4	What's the first one you've chosen?
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