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Radio 4,16 Oct 1982,40 mins

Geoffrey Grigson

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Roy Plomley's castaway is critic Geoffrey Grigson. Favourite track: She Never Told Her Love by Franz Joseph Haydn Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Pate de foie gras

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    String Quartet in F major, Op. 3/5 'Serenade'
    String Quartet in F major, Op. 3/5 'Serenade'
    Joseph Haydn
  3. 2.
    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
    Benjamin Britten
  4. 3.
    When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) (from Dido and Aeneas)
    When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) (from Dido and Aeneas)
    Henry Purcell