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Dr Robert Stopford

Roy Plomley's castaway is Bishop of London Dr Robert Stopford.

Favourite track: Credo (from Mass in B Minor) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Painting materials

30 minutes

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Mon 12 Nov 196213:40
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Music Played

  • Eleanor Drew & John Warner

    We Said We Wouldn't Look Back

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Mass in B Minor - Credo

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary

  • Mazurka in B flat major, Op. 7/1

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Never mind the why and wherefore (frm HMS Pinafore)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Edward Elgar

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

  • Book Choice

    • The Oxford Book of English Verse

  • Luxury Choice

    • Painting materials

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestDr Robert Stopford

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Nov 196213:40
    Home Service

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