BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Sigrid Rausing (original) (raw)
Sigrid Rausing
Kirsty Young interviews publisher and philanthropist Sigrid Rausing.
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Kirsty Young's castaway is the philanthropist and publisher Sigrid Rausing.
Founder of one of the UK's largest philanthropic foundations, her trust has given away around £230m to human rights causes since it began.
Brought up in Sweden, she is currently the publisher of Granta Books and the editor of Granta Magazine and her work spotting and developing new writers stems from her lifelong love of literature.
As the granddaughter of Ruben Rausing, who founded food packaging company Tetra Pak, she is a member of one of Britain's richest families. Her interest in human rights was sparked as a child by a love of animals and hearing her parents talk about the Holocaust.
Producer: Paula McGinley.
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Music Played
k.d. lang
Hallelujah
- recollection.
- Nonesuch.
Tom Lehrer
The Vatican Rag
- That Was The Year That Was.
- Reprise.
Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire
- The Essential Leonard Cohen.
- Columbia.
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE
Murray Perahia
Études op. 10 No. 1 in C major, Allegro
* Murray Perahia plays Chopin.
* Sony Classical.
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant
Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us
- Raising Sand.
- Decca.
The Kills
The Last Goodbye
- Blood Pressures.
- Domino.
Ella Fitzgerald
I Get a Kick Out of You
- Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter song book.
- Verve.
Camille Saint‐Saëns
Le Cygne (The Swan)
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
- Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Organ Symphony.
- Sony Classical.
BOOK CHOICE
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
LUXURY ITEM
The British Library Show more / Show less
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Sigrid Rausing |
| Producer | Paula McGinley |
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