Sheila Scott
Roy Plomley's castaway is pilot Sheila Scott.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 3 in D Minor (Opus 30) by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Search for the Miraculous and New Model of the Universe by Peter Ouspensky
Luxury: Tobacco seeds
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Gustav Holst
Neptune (from The Planets)
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent
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Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Boogie Woogie
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Nights Dream Overture
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Orchestra Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
Castaway's Favourite
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
Soloist: Vladimir Ashkenazy Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet
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Bill Le Sage
Twice Times Keyboard (Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1)
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Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)
Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
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Henry Mancini
The Sound of Hatari
Book Choice
Search for the Miraculous - Peter Ouspensky, New Model of the Universe - Peter Ouspensky
Luxury Choice
Tobacco seeds
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roy Plomley |
| Interviewed Guest | Sheila Scott |
Broadcast
- Mon 16 Jan 196713:10Home Service
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