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Cyril Connolly

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and critic Cyril Connolly.

Favourite track: Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Marcel Proust
Luxury: Foam rubber sleeping bag

35 minutes

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Mon 28 Feb 1966 13:10
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Music Played

  • Varsanyi Rudolf

    Akinek A Konnye Pereg

  • La Ni帽a de los Peines

    Malaguena

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Harpsichord Sonata in C major

    Soloist: Fernando Valenti

  • Claude Debussy

    Pell茅as et M茅lisande Act 3, Scene 1

    Soloist: Erna Spoorenberg, Camille Maurane, Geogre London Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro Act 2, Scene 9

    Soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Stader, Irmgaard Seefried Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

      Orchestra: Budapest String Quartet

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rake's Progress Act 3, Scene 3

    Soloist: Hilde Gueden Orchestra: Orchestra and Chorus of Metropolitan Opera Association Conductor: Igor Stravinsky

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Agnus Dei (from Requiem Mass)

    Choir: Brompton Oratory Choir

  • Book Choice

    • A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu - Marcel Proust

  • Luxury Choice

    • Foam rubber sleeping bag

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Cyril Connolly

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Feb 1966 13:10
    Home Service

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