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Sir Peter Hall

Roy Plomley's castaway is theatre director and producer Sir Peter Hall.

Favourite track: St Matthew Passion No 71 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Letters by John Keats
Luxury: Harpsichord

35 minutes

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Mon 25 Oct 1965 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No. 1 in A major

    Soloist: Ralph Kirkpatrick

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Madness in Great Ones

  • Richard Strauss

    September (from Four Last Songs)

    Soloist: Lisa Della Casa Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Karl B枚hm

  • Gerard Hoffnung

    Speech at the Oxford Union

  • Jelly Roll Morton

    Buddy Bolden's Blues

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Prelude Act 1, Scene 2 (from Moses and Aaron)

    Orchestra: North German Radio Orchestra Conductor: Hans Rosbaud

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bei M盲nnern (from The Magic Flute)

    Soloist: Walter Berry, Gundulla Janowitz Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      St Matthew Passion - Und von der sechsten Stunde

      Soloist: Peter Pears, Hermann Prey Orchestra: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Karl Munchinger

  • Book Choice

    • Letters - John Keats

  • Luxury Choice

    • Harpsichord

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Peter Hall

Broadcast

  • Mon 25 Oct 1965 13:10
    Home Service

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