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Bernard Miles

Roy Plomley's castaway is producer-director Bernard Miles.

Book: The collected works by William Shakespeare

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Fri 25 Sep 195318:20
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Turkish March

    Soloist: Wanda Landowska

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik (To Music), D547

    Soloist: Lotte Lehmann

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

    Soloist: Claudia Muzio

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    O patria mia (from Aida)

    Soloist: Eva Turner

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Komm, Hoffnung (from Fidelio)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! (from Fidelio)

    Soloist: Helge Roswaenge Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    O, Isis und Osiris (from The Magic Flute)

    Artist: Wilhelm Strienz Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Book Choice

    • The collected works - William Shakespeare

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestBernard Miles

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  • Fri 25 Sep 195318:20
    Home Service

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