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Alec Robertson

Roy Plomley's castaway is music critic Alec Robertson.

Book: Anthology of poetry
Luxury: China cat

30 minutes

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Mon 3 Jun 195713:10
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Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orpheus and Euridice)

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Kyrie (Missa Papae Marcelli)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.

    Choir: Netherlands Chamber Choir

  • Franz Schubert

    Das Lied im Grünen, D917

    Soloist: Elisabeth Schumann, Edwin Fischer

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro for Strings

    Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • George Frideric Handel/Beecham

    The Faithful Shepherd

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Deh vieni, non tardar (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Irmgard Seefried

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C major 'Jupiter'

    Orchestra: RIAS Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin, Georges Enesco

  • Book Choice

    • Anthology of poetry

  • Luxury Choice

    • China cat

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestAlec Robertson

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 Jun 195713:10
    Home Service

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