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Roy Plomley's castaway is writer H E Bates.

Favourite track: Tupu Te Ruki by Eddie Lund and his Tahitians
Book: English lyrics
Luxury: Banjo

30 minutes

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Mon 26 Feb 196213:10
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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Eddie Lund and his Tahitians

      Tupu Te Ruki

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Gilbert & Sullivan - We sail the ocean blue (from HMS Pinafore)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor

  • George Butterworth

    A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Prenderò quel brunettino (from Cosi fan tutte)

  • Franz Schubert

    Wonne der Wehmut, D260

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 2 in D major

  • Robert Schumann

    Der Nussbaum (from Myrthen)

  • Book Choice

    • English lyrics

  • Luxury Choice

    • Banjo

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestH E Bates

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 Feb 196213:10
    Home Service

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