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Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Boyd Neel.

Favourite track: Spring (from Two Elegiac Melodies) by Edvard Grieg
Book: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Luxury: Whisky

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Mon 1 Jul 1963 13:40
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Music Played

  • Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg Act 3 Prelude

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960

    Soloist: Artur Schnabel

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat Major

    Soloist: Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof Orchestra: London Mozart Players Conductor: Harry Blech

  • Benjamin Britten

    Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

    Orchestra: Boyd Neel String Orchestra

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Orchestra: Budapest String Quartet

  • 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

  • Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

    The Irish Washerwoman

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Edvard Grieg

      Last Spring (from Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34)

      Orchestra: Boyd Neel String Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

  • Luxury Choice

    • Whisky

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Boyd Neel

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Jul 1963 13:40
    Home Service

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