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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Claire Luce.

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Sat 13 Oct 194520:45
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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude In G Flat Minor (Opus 32, No. 3)

    Soloist: Sergei Rachmaninov

  • Claude Debussy

    La Faune

    Soloist: Maggie Teyte, Alfred Cortot

  • André Kostelanetz Orchestra

    Night and Day

  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G minor

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Quartet

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Death of Boris (from Boris Godunov)

    Soloist: Feodor Chaliapin

  • William Shakespeare

    Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds (Sonnet 116)

    Artist: Edith Evans

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse Triste

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestClaire Luce

Broadcast

  • Sat 13 Oct 194520:45
    Home Service

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