 On the BBC's "Desert Island Discs" radio programme in 1966, Burgess chose as his favourite music Purcell's "Rejoice in the Lord Alway"; Bach's "Goldberg Variations" No.13; Elgar's Symphony No.1 in A-flat major; Wagner's "Walter's Trial Song" from "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"; Debussy's "Fêtes" from "Nocturnes"; Lambert's "The Rio Grande"; Walton's Symphony No.