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Jonah Barrington

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician Jonah Barrington.

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Fri 9 Oct 194219:30
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

    Soloist: Sergei Rachmaninov Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • BBC Symphony Chorus

    Silversmith (from Spanish Choral Ballards)

  • Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence

    Private Lives Act 1

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • Aloha Oe

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan Of Tuonela

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

  • Bobby Howes, Wylie Watson et al

    Horrortorio

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B minor

    Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Edward Elgar

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestJonah Barrington

Broadcast

  • Fri 9 Oct 194219:30
    Forces Programme

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