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Roy Plomley's castaway is actor John Laurie.

Favourite track: The Music Makers by Edward Elgar
Book: Dictionary
Luxury: Reading glass with light

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Mon 17 May 197612:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonora Overture No. 3

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Georg Solti

  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G minor

    Orchestra: Guarneri Quartet

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Edward Elgar

      The Music Makers

      Soloist: Janet Baker Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Richard Strauss

    Don Quixote

    Soloist: Paul Tortelier Orchestra: Dresden State Orchestra Conductor: Rudolf Kempe

  • Glasgow Orpheus Choir

    The Twenty-Third Psalm

  • Robert Burns

    My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose

    Artist: John Laurie

  • Tristan und Isolde

    Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Soloist: Joan Hammond, Ivor Newton

  • Book Choice

    • Dictionary

  • Luxury Choice

    • Reading glass with light

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestJohn Laurie

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 May 197619:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 17 May 197612:25
    BBC Radio 4

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