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Patience Strong

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Patience Strong.

Favourite track: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo) by Felix Mendelssohn
Book: Complete works by William Wordsworth
Luxury: Indian painting showing the Crucifixion

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35 minutes

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Mon 10 Jan 1966 13:10
Home Service & 麻豆社 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Choir of the Russian Church of the Metropolitan of Paris

    The Creed

  • Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II

  • Alexander/Gauntlett

    Once in Royal David's City

    Choir: King's College Chapel Choir

  • Claude Debussy

    Jardins sous la pluie (from Estampes)

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • David Whitfield

    Wonderful One

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Scherzo (from A Midsummer Night's Dream)

      Orchestra: Amsterdam Concertgebouw Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

  • King's College Chapel Choir

    Magnificat in G

  • Richard Tauber

    Somewhere Over the Hill

  • Book Choice

    • Complete works - William Wordsworth

  • Luxury Choice

    • Indian painting showing the Crucifixion

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Patience Strong

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Jan 1966 13:10
    Home Service & 麻豆社 Radio 4

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