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Valentine Britten

Roy Plomley's castaway is BBC gramophone librarian Valentine Britten.

Luxury: Photograph of Battersea Power Station

30 minutes

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Mon 17 Sep 195613:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • James Stephens

    The Snare

  • Gracie Fields

    Stop and Shop At The Co-Op Shop

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No. 1 in A flat major

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Schola Cantorum De La Universidad Pontificia De Comillas

    O Vox Omnes

  • Kitty Gallagher

    The Green Autumn Stubble

  • Monks of the Abbey of St Pierre de Solesmes

    Salve Regina

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Non so più cosa son (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Sena Jurinac Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Luxury Choice

    • Photograph of Battersea Power Station

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestValentine Britten

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Sep 195613:10
    Home Service

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