Desert Island discs - Lord Peter
I claim no special insight, but for the further amusement of Heliopausa, and anyone else.
Lord Peter Wimsey Book collector and amateur sleuth
Luxury: His grand piano
Book: Complete poems of John Donne
I’m very aware of my limited musical education and have chosen the links to recordings which don’t seem to have much advertising attached to them.
J.S.Bach - I’m sure Lord Peter has had Bunter make enquries about the best available Long Playing Records with Bach’s work, but the BBC made him chose small snippets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrVDATvUitA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY
J. Pachelbel
Canon in D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA-2hl1Vbc
He might also choose some Handel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKAZK6kbmEM
And something traditional and more familiar. Despite the somewhat ambivalent approach to Christianity Lord Peter is shown as having in the books, I think certain aspects of the Christian tradition would be important to him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1wHyMR_SCA
I think he might choose at least one folk song too. I chose Polly Oliver because Lord Peter rode a horse called Polly in one of the short stories -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pMrAbQibwI
Even Lord Peter’s powers of persuasion did not convince the BBC to play a version of this complete with rude words. If a recording version actually existed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfAvoELaktc
Lord Peter Wimsey Book collector and amateur sleuth
Luxury: His grand piano
Book: Complete poems of John Donne
I’m very aware of my limited musical education and have chosen the links to recordings which don’t seem to have much advertising attached to them.
J.S.Bach - I’m sure Lord Peter has had Bunter make enquries about the best available Long Playing Records with Bach’s work, but the BBC made him chose small snippets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrVDATvUitA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY
J. Pachelbel
Canon in D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOA-2hl1Vbc
He might also choose some Handel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKAZK6kbmEM
And something traditional and more familiar. Despite the somewhat ambivalent approach to Christianity Lord Peter is shown as having in the books, I think certain aspects of the Christian tradition would be important to him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1wHyMR_SCA
I think he might choose at least one folk song too. I chose Polly Oliver because Lord Peter rode a horse called Polly in one of the short stories -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pMrAbQibwI
Even Lord Peter’s powers of persuasion did not convince the BBC to play a version of this complete with rude words. If a recording version actually existed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfAvoELaktc