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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and singer Paul Robeson.

Luxury: Carved Benin head

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Mon 1 Dec 195813:10
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Music Played

  • Paul Robeson

    Steal Away

  • Bessie Smith

    After You've Gone

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 32: Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen

    Soloist: Magda Laszlo Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Hermann Scherchen

  • Father Sydney MacEwan

    Eriskay Love Lilt

  • Modern Drama from China

    Tsao Fang Tsao

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Boyd Neel Orchestra

  • Béla Bartók - Scherzo (from Mikrokosmos Book 3)

    Soloist: Ivan Engel

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    I Have Attained the Highest Power (from Boris Godunov)

    Soloist: Feodor Chaliapin

  • Luxury Choice

    • Carved Benin head

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestPaul Robeson

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Dec 195813:10
    Home Service

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