Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor and composer Mark Lubbock.

Favourite track: Hans Sachs' Monologue by Richard Wagner
Book: The House by the Churchyard by Sheridan Le Fanu
Luxury: Gin

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 17 Jun 197412:25
BBC Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

Susan Hill

Next

Max Wall

See all episodes from Desert Island Discs

Music Played

  • Lecocq/Jacob

    Mam'zelle Angot

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Irving

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Fliedermonolog (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)

      Solist: Paul Schoeffler Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor

    Soloist: Irene Scharrer Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

  • Richard Strauss

    Grossmächtige Prinzessin (from Ariadne auf Naxos)

    Soloist: Maria Ivogun Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Leo Blech

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wie, wie, wie (from The Magic Flute)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

  • A Night in Venice Act 1 (finale)

    Soloist: Nicolai Gedda Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Ackermann

  • Tom Lehrer

    So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)

  • Owen Brannigan & Ernest Lush

    A Smuggler's Song

  • Book Choice

    • The House by the Churchyard - Sheridan Le Fanu

  • Luxury Choice

    • Gin

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestMark Lubbock

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 Jun 197419:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 17 Jun 197412:25
    BBC Radio 4

The Desert Island Discs podcast

The Desert Island Discs podcast

Subscribe or download individual episodes.

Listen to over 2,000 programmes

Listen to over 2,000 programmes

Click above to browse castaways, from 1942 to today.

Articles

Articles

Read the surprising things we've learned about some stand-out castaways.

Podcast