Guli Francis-Dehqani, Church of England Bishop
Guli Francis-Dehqani, the bishop of Chelmsford, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.
The Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani is the Bishop of Chelmsford. She also sits in Parliament as a Lord Spiritual and last year she played a prominent role in the Coronation, administering Holy Communion to the King and Queen.
She was born in Isfahan, central Iran, the youngest of four children to Hassan Dehqani-Tafti, the first ethnic Iranian Anglican Bishop of his country, and his wife Margaret. In 1980, in the wake of the Islamic Revolution, her family were targeted and forced to leave the country. She arrived in the UK aged 13 as a refugee. Four decades on, Guli has yet to set foot on Iranian soil.
She was ordained as a deacon in 1998 and a priest the following year. She was consecrated a bishop in November 2017, making her the first woman from a minority ethnic background to be ordained as an Anglican bishop in the UK.
She is the lead Bishop for Housing for the Church of England and is a contributor to 成人论坛 Radio 4s Thought for the Day. She is married to Lee, who is a priest, and they have three children.
DISC ONE: Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48: VI. Libera me. Composed by Gabriel Faur茅 and performed by Stephen Varcoe (baritone), The Cambridge Singers, conducted by John Rutter
DISC TWO: Morgh-e Sahar - Homayoun Shajarian and Dastan Ensemble
DISC THREE: Ride on Time - Black Box
DISC FOUR: Miniatures for Piano Trio. Set 2: No. 4, Romance. Composed by Frank Bridge and performed by Alexander Chaushian and Ashley Wass
DISC FIVE: Variations on Bahram鈥檚 Melody. Composed by Bahram Dehqani-Tafti and performed by Gabriel Francis-Dehqani with Fiona Sweeney, Krystof Kohout and Will Harmer
DISC SIX: Take me to Church - Sinead O鈥機onnor
DISC SEVEN: Sovereign Light Caf茅 - Keane
DISC EIGHT: Mahi - Golnar Shahyar, Mahan Mirarab, (feat. Luis Guerra)
BOOK CHOICE: The Book of Kings
LUXURY ITEM: Photo albums
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48: VI. Libera me. Composed by Gabriel Faur茅 and performed by Stephen Varcoe (baritone), The Cambridge Singers, conducted by John Rutter
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Gabriel Faur茅
Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48: VI. Libera me
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter. Singer: Stephen Varcoe.- Faur茅: Requiem & Other Sacred Music.
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Homayoun Shajarian and Dastan Ensemble
Morgh-e Sahar
- Mayeh-ye bashti & Mayeh-ye Isfahan: Iranian Classical Music.
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Black Box
Ride On Time
- Amazing 80s.
- UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
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Frank Bridge
Miniatures for Piano Trio. Set 2: No. 4, Romance
Performer: Jack Liebeck.- Bridge, F: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / Miniatures for Piano Trio.
- Naxos.
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Gabriel Francis-Dehqani, Fiona Sweeney, Kry拧tof Kohout & Will Harmer
Variations on Bahram's Melody
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Sin茅ad O鈥機onnor
Take Me To Church
- I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss.
- Nettwerk Music Group.
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Keane
Sovereign Light Caf茅
- Strangeland.
- Universal-Island Records Ltd..
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Golnar Shahyar, Mahan Mirarab,
Mahi (feat. Luis Guerra)
- Derakht.
- Lotus Records.
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