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Roy Plomley's castaway is musician Ravi Shankar.

Favourite track: Jamunaketeer by Abdul Karin Khan
Book: The poems by Rabindranath Tagore
Luxury: Perfume

30 minutes

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Mon 1 Mar 197112:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ustad Abdul Karim Khan

      Jamunaketeer

  • Perpetual Motion (Perpetuum mobile)

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: Paris Symphony Orchestra

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Harpsichord Sonata in D minor

    Soloist: George Malcolm

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute & Harp in C Major

    Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Scarborough Fair

  • Worried Dream

  • Paco Peña

    Fiesta En Sevilla

  • George Harrison

    My Sweet Lord

  • Book Choice

    • The poems - Rabindranath Tagore

  • Luxury Choice

    • Perfume

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestRavi Shankar

Broadcasts

  • Sat 27 Feb 197119:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 1 Mar 197112:25
    BBC Radio 4

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