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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Leslie Baily.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Come Hither - an anthology of poetry by Walter de la Mare
Luxury: Woodworker Tools

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Mon 13 Jan 196413:40
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sleeping Beauty - Act 3 Pas de deux

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Efrem Kurtz

  • Peter Pears & Benjamin Britten

    Early One Morning

  • Lewis Carroll

    The Lobster Quadrille from Alice in Wonderland

    Soloist: Jane Asher, Norman Shelley, Ian Wallace

  • The Andrews Sisters

    Last Night on the Back Porch

  • George Frideric Handel

    And the glory of the Lord (from Messiah)

    Choir: Huddersfield Choral Society Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Arthur Sullivan/Mackerras

    Pineapple Poll

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Charles Mackerras

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Edward Elgar

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

      Soloist: Benno Moiseiwitsch Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Hugo Rignold

  • Book Choice

    • Come Hither - an anthology of poetry - Walter de la Mare

  • Luxury Choice

    • Woodworker Tools

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestLeslie Baily

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Jan 196413:40
    Home Service

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