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Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Percy Kahn.

Luxury: Tape recorder

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Mon 8 Sep 195813:10
Home Service & BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

  • Léo Delibes

    Bell Song (from Lakmé)

  • Mischa Elman & Percy B. Kahn

    Les Farfadets

  • Percy B. Kahn

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Enrico Caruso. Performer: Mischa Elman. Performer: Percy B. Kahn.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Parassia's Aria (from Sorochintsi Fair)

  • Franz Liszt

    Dance of the Gnomes

  • Richard Strauss

    Ich trage meine Minne, Op. 32/1

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Nightingale and the Rose, Op. 2/2

  • Luxury Choice

    • Tape recorder

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestPercy B. Kahn

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  • Mon 8 Sep 195813:10
    Home Service & BBC Radio 4

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