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Dawn Addams

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Dawn Addams.

Favourite track: Dies Irae from War Requiem by Benjamin Britten
Book: Anthology of world poetry
Luxury: Writing materials

35 minutes

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Mon 11 Jan 1965 13:10
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No 1 in D major

    Orchestra: Camerata Academica des Mozarteums, Salzburg Conductor: Rudolf Baumgartner

  • Frank Sinatra & Count Basie

    My Kind of Girl

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

    Soloist: David & Igor Oistrakh Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Goossens

  • Domenico Modugno

    Resta Cu'mme

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

    Orchestra: Hungarian String Quartet

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Walter Susskind

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Benjamin Britten

      Dies irae (from War Requiem)

      Choir: Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir Orchestra: Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: Benjamin Britten

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Faint echo of my youth (Lensky's aria) (from Eugene Onegin)

    Soloist: Sergei Lemeshev Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Conductor: Boris Khaikin

  • Book Choice

    • Anthology of world poetry

  • Luxury Choice

    • Writing materials

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Dawn Addams

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Jan 1965 13:10
    Home Service

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