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Anna Russell

Roy Plomley's castaway is musician and comedian Anna Russell.

Favourite track: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F Major by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Mobile from the Museum of Modern Art

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8 minutes

Last on

Mon 3 Dec 1962 13:40
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major

      Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 in E minor

    Orchestra: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Siegfried's Rhine Journey (from G枚tterd盲mmerung)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler

  • Dylan Thomas

    A Visit to America

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Alban Berg

    Interlude Act 3 (from Wozzeck)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Dmitri Mitropoulos

  • Danny Kaye

    Minnie the Moocher

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Luxury Choice

    • Mobile from the Museum of Modern Art

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Anna Russell

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 Dec 1962 13:40
    Home Service

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