Charles Kennedy’s Desert Island disc #7

As a mark of respect, today we’re devoting the site to playing Charles Kennedy’s Desert Island Discs in hourly portions.

Disc number seven was “Nimrod” from Elgar’s Enigma Variations Simon Rattle & the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. When he introduced this one on the programme, Charles recalled the annual Remembrance ceremony in Whitehall, and how moving this music always sounds when it is played there.

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  • Richard Underhill 12th Jun '15 - 3:50pm

    Please may we have the text of this programme? (copyright permitting from the BBC).

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