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Warren Mitchell

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Warren Mitchell.

Favourite track: Symphony No 2 in D Major (Opus 43) by Jean Sibelius
Book: Anthology of verse
Luxury: Tenor saxophone

35 minutes

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Mon 13 Nov 196712:25
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major

    Soloist: Gervase de Peyer Orchestra: Melos Ensemble

  • Stan Getz

    Yesterdays

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Kontrapunkte

  • The Benny Goodman Quartet

    Runnin' Wild

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

    Soloist: Fernando Germani

  • Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)

    Soloist: Birgit Nilsson Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Georg Solti

  • Louis Armstrong

    Mack the Knife

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Jean Sibelius

      Symphony No. 2 in D major

      Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Book Choice

    • Anthology of verse

  • Luxury Choice

    • Tenor saxophone

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestWarren Mitchell

Broadcasts

  • Sat 11 Nov 196713:10
    Home Service
  • Mon 13 Nov 196712:25
    Home Service

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