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Roy Plomley's castaway is announcer Pat Butler.

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Sat 22 Sep 194520:45
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Music Played

  • Lohengrin Act 3 Prelude

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Variations on a Theme (from Carmen)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Finch'han dal vino (from Don Giovanni)

    Soloist: Ezio Pinza

  • Elisabeth Schumann

    Nightingale Song

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Jacques Orchestra

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    None but the lonely heart, Op. 6/6

    Soloist: John McCormack

  • Beniamino Gigli

    La Spagnola

  • Nellie Melba & John Brownlee

    Un Ange Est Venu

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestPat Butler

Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Sep 194520:45
    Home Service

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