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Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist Mary Stewart.

Favourite track: St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Paper and pencils

30 minutes

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Mon 21 Apr 196912:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (from Cantata No. 208)

    Soloist: Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major

    Soloist: Gervase De Peyer Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Peter Maag

  • William Shakespeare

    Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day? (Sonnet 18)

    Artist: John Gielgud

  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Trio in F Major

    Soloist: David & Igor Oistrakh, Hans Pinschner

  • Kathleen Ferrier & Phyllis Spurr

    Blow the Wind Southerly

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E flat major, Op. 117/1

    Soloist: Clifford Curzon

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130

    Orchestra: Amadeus String Quartet

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      St Matthew Passion

      Soloist: Ernst Haefliger Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra Conductor: Sviatoslav Richter

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia

  • Luxury Choice

    • Paper and pencils

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestMary Stewart

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  • Mon 21 Apr 196912:25
    BBC Radio 4

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