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Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Vilem Tausky.

Favourite track: Glagolitic Mass by Leos Janáček
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Watch

30 minutes

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Mon 9 Nov 197012:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    I have attained the highest power (from Boris Godunov)

  • Margit Schramm

    Madame Pompadour's Waltz

  • William Shakespeare

    John of Gaunt's Speech (from Richard II)

  • Benjamin Britten

    Albert Herring

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Leos Janáček

      Glagolitic Mass

  • Pierre Boulez

    Pli selon pli

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia

  • Luxury Choice

    • Watch

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestVilém Tauský

Broadcasts

  • Sat 7 Nov 197019:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 9 Nov 197012:25
    BBC Radio 4

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