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Roy Plomley's castaway is correspondent Noel Barber.

Favourite track: Piano Trio In B Flat by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: Dictionary of Quotations
Luxury: Piano

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Mon 15 Mar 197612:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Waikiki Beach Boys

    Songs Of The Islands

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Song of the Forests

    Soloist: Ian Petrov Choir: Moscow State Boys' Choir

  • Gabor Radics Family Orchestra

    Kalinka

  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (from The Pearl Fishers)

    Soloist: Ernest Blanc, Nicolai Gedda

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 'Archduke'

      Soloist: Alfred Cortot, Jacques Thibaud, Pablo Casals

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Concertgebouw

  • The Seekers

    Kumbaya

  • Richard Strauss

    Also Sprach Zarathustra

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Georg Solti

  • Book Choice

    • Dictionary of Quotations

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestNoel Barber

Broadcasts

  • Sat 13 Mar 197619:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 15 Mar 197612:25
    BBC Radio 4

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