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Dame Eva Turner

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Dame Eva Turner.

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Thu 9 Apr 194220:30
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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

    Soloist: Sergei Rachmaninov, Benno Moiseiwitsch Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36: Variation IX "Nimrod"

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

    Soloist: Myra Hess

  • Nellie Melba

    Clair de Lune

  • Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier - España

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

    Soloist: Vladimir Horowitz Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Grand March (from Aida)

    Orchestra: Boston Promenade Orchestra Conductor: Arthur Fiedler

Credit

Interviewed GuestEva Turner

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Apr 194220:30
    Home Service

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