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Roy Plomley's castaway is MP Tom Driberg.

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Tue 8 Jun 194318:15
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 8 in F major

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor

    Soloist: Edwin Fischer Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky

  • William Walton

    The Wise Virgins

    Orchestra: Sadler's Wells Orchestra Conductor: William Walton

  • Maxine Sullivan

    Cockles and Mussels

  • Ethel Waters

    St Louis Blues

  • Kay Weber & Sonny Schuyler

    Sing Me a Song With a Social Significance

  • James Joyce

    Anna Livia Plurabelle from Finnegans Wake

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestTom Driberg

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Jun 194318:15
    Forces Programme

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