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Christopher Hopper

Roy Plomley's castaway is manager of the Royal Albert Hall Christopher Hopper.

Favourite track: Jupiter (from The Planets) by Gustav Holst
Book: History of England
Luxury: Landscape by Constable

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Mon 7 Feb 196613:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • The Flying Dutchman Overture

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

    Soloist: George Thalben-Ball

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Gustav Holst

      Jupiter (from The Planets)

      Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Edward Elgar

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

    Orchestra: Royal Albert Hall Orchestra Conductor: Edward Elgar

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Ingemisco (from Requiem Mass)

    Soloist: Beniamino Gigli Orchestra: Rome Opera House Orchestra Conductor: Tullio Serafin

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

    Soloist: Isaac Stern, David Oistrakh Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

  • The Birth of the Blues

  • Massed Bands of the Royal Marines

    Sunset

  • Book Choice

    • History of England

  • Luxury Choice

    • Landscape by Constable

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestChristopher Hopper

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Feb 196613:10
    Home Service

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