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Roy Plomley's castaway is critic James Agate.

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Thu 5 Feb 194218:40
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel/Beecham

    The Origin of Design

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

    Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Henri Duparc

    Phidylé

    Soloist: Maggie Teyte Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Leslie Heward

  • John McCormack

    I Hear You Calling Me

  • Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • William Walton

    Façade

    Orchestra: Orchestre Raymonde

  • Eric Coates

    By the Sleepy Lagoon ['Desert Island Discs' Theme Tune]

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 in F Minor

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestJames Agate

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  • Thu 5 Feb 194218:40
    Forces Programme

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