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Dame Ninette De Valois

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Dame Ninette De Valois.

Favourite track: Dawn from Four Sea Interludes, Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten
Book: Poetry by W B Yeats
Luxury: Writing materials

35 minutes

Last on

Mon 4 Jul 1966 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Benjamin Britten

      Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - Dawn

      Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Benjamin Britten

  • Benjamin Britten

    Their spinning wheel unwinds (from The Rape of Lucretia)

    Soloist: Peter Pears, Joan Cross

  • Manos Hadjidakis

    Evening Stroll from 15 Hesperini

    Orchestra: Instrumental Ensemble

  • Gustav Mahler

    Der Einsame im Herbst (from Das Lied von der Erde)

    Soloist: Kathleen Ferrier Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

    Soloist: Dinu Lipatti

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor

    Soloist: Geza Anda Orchestra: Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica

  • Fedor Chaliapin & the Choir of the Russian Church of the Metropolitan of Paris

    The Creed

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Final Chorus (from The Snow Maiden)

    Orchestra: Chorus and Orchestra of National Opera, Belgrade

  • Book Choice

    • Poetry - W B Yeats

  • Luxury Choice

    • Writing materials

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Ninette de Valois

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Jul 1966 13:10
    Home Service

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