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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Lord Elton.

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Thu 17 Sep 194220:15
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • Paul Robeson

    Were You There

  • Stuart Robertson

    Spring Sorrow

  • John McCormack

    Adeste Fideles

  • Peter Dawson

    Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101/7

    Soloist: Fritz Kreisler

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (from Tales of Hoffman)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • George Frideric Handel

    Comfort ye my people (from Messiah)

    Soloist: Walter Widdop

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Soloist: Alex Harris, Harold Dawber Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestLord Elton

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  • Thu 17 Sep 194220:15
    Forces Programme

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