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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Burl Ives.

Favourite track: Horn Concerto No. 4 In E Flat by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: I Ching
Luxury: Whisky (Tobermory)

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Tue 3 Apr 197912:20
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Horn Concerto No. 4 In E flat major

      Soloist: Dennis Brain Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • George Frideric Handel

    Non lo dirò col labbro (Silent worship) (from Tolmeo)

    Soloist: Derek Barsham

  • Tom T. Hall

    Ravishing Ruby

  • César Franck

    Panis Angelicus

    Soloist: John McCormack

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Rigoletto: Caro Nome

    Soloist: Joan Sutherland Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

  • Closing Hour Blues

  • Noël Coward

    A Bar On The Piccola Marina

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

    Soloist: Myra Hess

  • Book Choice

    • I Ching

  • Luxury Choice

    • Whisky (Tobermory)

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestBurl Ives

Broadcasts

  • Sat 31 Mar 197918:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 3 Apr 197912:20
    BBC Radio 4

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