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Beatrice Lillie

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Beatrice Lillie.

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Thu 9 Jul 194219:30
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

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

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    None but the lonely heart, Op. 6/6

    Soloist: John McCormack

  • Swanee River

  • Émile Waldteufel

    Skaters' Waltz

    Orchestra: Boston Promenade Orchestra Conductor: Arthur Fiedler

  • Albert Hay Malotte

    The Lord's Prayer

    Soloist: Webster Booth

  • George Gershwin

    Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess)

    Soloist: Helen Jopson, Lawrence Tibbett

  • Turner Layton

    Christopher Robin is Saying his Prayers

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Choir: Seven Viennese Singing Sisters

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestBeatrice Lillie

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Jul 194219:30
    Forces Programme

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