Nigel Kennedy - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Nigel Kennedy, who achieved international success as a violinist in his early 20s, talks to Michael Parkinson about his musical education at the Menuhin School and in New York, his active interest in jazz and Aston Villa Football Club, and he chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Inbetweenies by Ian Dury and The Blockheads
Book: Wisden Almanack
Luxury: Violin

Further episodes of Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991

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