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Harold Hobson

Roy Plomley's castaway is theatre critic Harold Hobson.

Luxury: Cricket bat

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Mon 1 Jul 195713:10
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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Largo) (from Xerxes)

    Soloist: Enrico Caruso

  • T. S. Eliot

    The Cocktail Party (Act 2 Scene 1)

    Soloist: Irene Worth, Alec Guinness

  • Jack Buchanan & Elsie Randolph

    Fancy Our Meeting

  • Edwige Feuillere & Louis Seigner

    La Dame Aux Camelias

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier

    Soloist: Kurt Appelbaum

  • Howard Keel

    Oh What A Beautiful Morning

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral'

    Choir: Robert Shaw Chorale Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major

    Soloist: Louis Cahuzac Orchestra: Danish State Radio Chamber Orchestra

  • Luxury Choice

    • Cricket bat

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestHarold Hobson

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Jul 195713:10
    Home Service

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