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Roy Plomley's castaway is announcer Roy Williams.

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Sat 8 Sep 194520:45
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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

    Soloist: Joan Hammond

  • Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

    Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La vergine degli angeli (from La forza del destino)

    Soloist: Ezio Pinza, Rosa Ponselle

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Chi mi frena (Sextet) (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

    Soloist: Maria Gentile, Dino Borgioli Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra

  • Jean Sablon

    Sur Le Pont D'Avignon

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Misere (from Il trovatore)

    Soloist: Joan Cross, Webster Booth Orchestra: Sadler's Wells Orchestra and Chorus

  • Dale Smith

    The Lass of Richmond Hill

    Artist: Westminster Singers

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Gaîté Parisienne

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Efrem Kurtz

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestRoy Williams

Broadcast

  • Sat 8 Sep 194520:45
    Home Service

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