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Elizabeth Ryan

Roy Plomley's castaway is tennis player Elizabeth Ryan.

Favourite track: Gluck Das Mir Verlieb by Richard Tauber & Lotte Lehmann
Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Piano

30 minutes

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Mon 14 Jun 197112:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik (To Music), D547

    Artist: Gerald Moore

  • Massed Bands

    Greensleeves

  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem

    Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major 'Emperor'

    Soloist: Gina Bachauer Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

  • Alfred Apaka

    Lovely Hula Hands

  • Noël Coward

    I'll See You Again

  • Clara Butt

    Abide With Me

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Richard Tauber & Lotte Lehmann

      Gluck, das mir Verblieb

  • Book Choice

    • The Oxford Book of English Verse

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestElizabeth Ryan

Broadcasts

  • Sat 12 Jun 197119:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 14 Jun 197112:25
    BBC Radio 4

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