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Lilli Palmer

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Lilli Palmer.

Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach/Stokowski
Book: Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Luxury: Painting materials

35 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 Jun 1966 13:10

Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Im wundersch枚nen Monat Mai (from Dichterliebe)

    Soloist: Richard Tauber, Percy Kahn

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Protegga il giusto cielo (from Don Giovanni)

    Soloist: Joan Sutherland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Luigi Alva Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini

  • Richard Strauss

    Marie Theres'! Hab' mir's gelobt (Act 3 Trio) (from Der Rosenkavalier)

    Soloist: Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann, Maria Olszewska Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Robert Heger

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach/Stokowski

      Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

      Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • Robert Schumann

    Des Abends(from Fantasiest眉cke, Op. 12)

    Soloist: Sviatoslav Richter

  • Luis Alberto del Paran谩 y Los Paraguayos

    Malaguena

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109

    Soloist: Artur Schnabel

  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from R眉ckert-Lieder)

    Soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Karl Bohm

  • Book Choice

    • Faust - Johann Wolfgang Goethe

  • Luxury Choice

    • Painting materials

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Lilli Palmer

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Jun 1966 13:10

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