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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Jean Kent.

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Wed 25 Jul 195118:20
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Music Played

  • Jacques Offenbach/Rosenthal

    Gaîté Parisienne

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Efrem Kurtz

  • Marie Lloyd

    A Little Of What You Fancy Does You Good

  • Franz Lehár

    Girls were made to love and kiss (from Paganini)

    Artist: Richard Tauber

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No. 1

    Artist: John Cockerill

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Jubilee Stomp

  • Johann Strauss II - Ach wie so herrlich (from A Night in Venice)

    Soloist: Erich Kunz Orchestra: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

  • Giuseppe Verdi/Liszt

    Rigoletto: Concert Paraphrase

    Soloist: Egon Petri

  • Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus Act 2 (finale)

    Soloist: Sieglinde Wagner, Julius Patzak, Kurt Preger, Hilde Guden, Alfred Poell, Wilma Lipp Choir: Vienna State Opera Chorus Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestJean Kent

Broadcast

  • Wed 25 Jul 195118:20
    Home Service

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