Hello, I'm Christy Young, and this is a download from the Desert Island Discs archive.

This edition may be slightly different from what was actually broadcast, but it's the only version we have.

It comes from the British Library's radio collection. It was

archived without the music, so although the Castaways choices are introduced,

they're not part of this recording. Full details can be found on the Castaways page on the Desert Island Discs website.

The program was originally broadcast in 1979.

And the presenter was Roy Plumlee.

This week, our cast away as the author, ballet critic and exhibition designer, Richard Buckle.

Now we know that music is a major interest, or we assume it it is because it plays a large part in

ballet have you any musical skill yourself absolutely none I had a few piano

lessons at school and I gave it up because I didn't like the mysteries who taught me and it's the

greatest regret of my life because I think play the piano and no Greek the two things I lack.

Did you have any plan in choosing your miserable allowance of eight records?

If I had to say what was my favorite type of music, I would say a piano concerto or chamber music and if I was to say what my favorite

kind of voice was I should say an Italian tenor's voice, but I have no Italian tenor in my program. I have no piano

concerto and incidentally no Chopin who was a favorite composer and I had to limit the chamber music to one piece.

So in a way I'm not being representative but things worked out like this.

Right. What's the first one?

The first piece I've chosen has words by Victor Hugo and music by List and it's O congeador sung by Fisher Discar.

Dichol.

Dittrich Fisher Discar singing O Conger D'O

G'Eure, music by least words by Victor Hugo.

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