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Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Ivor Novello.

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Thu 30 Apr 194219:00
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • John McCormack

    The Garden Where The Praties Grow

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major

    Orchestra: Adolf Busch Chamber Players

  • Claude Debussy

    De Fleurs (from Proses Lyriques)

    Soloist: Maggie Teyte, Gerald Moore

  • Yvonne Printemps

    Air De La Lettre

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing The First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • Lionel Tertis

    Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestIvor Novello

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  • Thu 30 Apr 194219:00
    Forces Programme

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