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Roy Plomley's castaway is impresario Ian Hunter.

Favourite track: Partita No 2 in D Minor for Solo Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Collected works by T S Eliot
Luxury: Cigars

35 minutes

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Mon 13 Sep 196513:10
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Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che farò senza Euridice (What is Life?) (from Orpheus and Euridice)

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier Suite

  • William Shakespeare

    John of Gaunt's Speech (from Richard II)

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Yeoman of the Guard Overture

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • The Seekers

    A World of Our Own

  • Gretry/Beecham

    Zemire et Azor

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sanctus (from War Requiem)

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor

  • Book Choice

    • Collected works - T S Eliot

  • Luxury Choice

    • Cigars

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestIan Hunter

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Sep 196513:10
    Home Service

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