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Robert Farnon

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Robert Farnon.

Book: Optics by Isaac Newton
Luxury: Telescope

30 minutes

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Mon 1 Jun 195913:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • John Raitt

    Soliloquy

  • The Count Basie Orchestra

    The Kid from Red Bank

  • Béla Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Georg Solti

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Orchestra: French National Radio Orchestra Conductor: Andre Cluytens

  • Anne Brown

    My Man's Gone Now

  • Claude Debussy

    Ibéria (from Images)

    Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Conductor: Charles Munch

  • André Previn and His Pals

    Thank Heaven for Little Girls

  • Edward Elgar

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

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Book Choice

    • Optics - Isaac Newton

  • Luxury Choice

    • Telescope

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestRobert Farnon

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Jun 195913:10
    Home Service

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