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Antony Hopkins

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer, conductor and pianist Antony Hopkins.

Favourite track: Quintet in C Major (Opus 163) by Franz Schubert
Book: Piano Sonatas by Beethoven
Luxury: Piano

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24 minutes

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Mon 1 Oct 1962 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales

    Soloist: Vlado Perlemuter

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor

    Soloist: Cyril Smith Orchestra: City of Birmingham Orchestra Conductor: George Weldon

  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto for Double String Orchestra

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sull'aria (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Irmgaard Seefried, Maria Stader Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Franz Schubert

      String Quintet in C major

      Orchestra: Quintetto Boccherini

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major

    Soloist: Artur Rubinstein Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Charles Munch

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Edward Elgar

  • Nevil Lloyd

    Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans 1957

  • Book Choice

    • Piano Sonatas - Beethoven

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Antony Hopkins

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Oct 1962 13:10
    Home Service

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