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Frederick Grisewood

Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Frederick Grisewood.

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Sat 4 Aug 194520:45
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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Les sons et les parfums (from Preludes, Book 1)

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • Sound Effects

    Daybreak on a Surrey Farm

  • Leslie Henson & Fred Emney

    German Comissionaire

  • Viennese Waltz Orchestra

    Archibald Joyce Waltz Medley

  • Gervase Elwes

    So We'll Go No More A-Roving

  • Jaromír Weinberger

    Schwanda the Bagpiper (Polka)

    Orchestra: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

  • Henry Purcell

    When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) (from Dido and Aeneas)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Frederick Delius

    Summer Night On The River

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestFrederick Grisewood

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Aug 194520:45
    Home Service

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