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Stephen Spender

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet Stephen Spender.

Favourite track: String Quartet No 15 in A Minor (Opus 132) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: History of the Renaissance by Jacob Burckhardt
Luxury: Painting materials

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7 minutes

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Mon 9 Jul 1962 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lo sdegno calmate (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Hilde Gueden, Alfred Poell et al Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Carlos Kleiber

  • Peter Sellers & Irene Handl

    The Critics

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

      Orchestra: Budapest String Quartet

  • W. H. Auden

    Musee des Beaux Arts

  • Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

    St James' Infirmary

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Oedipus Rex Act 2

    Soloist: Ernst H盲fliger Choir: Societe Chorale du Brassus Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Greek Vocalists and Instrumentalists

    What More Can I Do With My Life?

  • Richard Wagner - Eilig zur Warte! (from Tristan und Isolde)

    Soloist: Ludwig Suthaus, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler

  • Book Choice

    • History of the Renaissance - Jacob Burckhardt

  • Luxury Choice

    • Painting materials

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Stephen Spender

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Jul 1962 13:10
    Home Service

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