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David Langdon

Roy Plomley's castaway is cartoonist David Langdon.

Favourite track: Recondita Armonia (from Tosca) by Giacomo Puccini
Book: Novels by Charles Dickens
Luxury: Piano

30 minutes

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Mon 2 May 196013:10
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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Giacomo Puccini

      Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

      Soloist: Giuseppe di Stefano, Melchiorre Luise Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra Conductor: Victor de Sabata

  • Fats Waller

    My Very Good Friend the Milkman

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bei Männern (from The Magic Flute)

    Soloist: Irmgaard Seefried, Erich Kunz Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Eddie Condon and His Orchestra

    The Way You Look Tonight

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 1 in E minor

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Israel Itzhaki

    Sov'vuni

  • Béla Bartók - Violin Concerto No. 2

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler

  • Carol Lawrence, Marilyn Cooper et al

    I Feel Pretty (from West Side Story)

  • Book Choice

    • Novels - Charles Dickens

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestDavid Langdon

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  • Mon 2 May 196013:10
    Home Service

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