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Kay Cavendish

Roy Plomley's castaway is pianist Kay Cavendish.

Favourite track: Double Violin Concerto in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Flower Seeds and an armchair

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 5 Feb 1962 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

      Soloist: Gioconda de Vito, Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Anthony Bernard

  • Stanley Black & His Orchestra

    Holiday for Strings

  • Harry Belafonte

    Ezekiel

  • Peggy Lee and George Shearing - Do I Love You? (from Dubarry was a Lady)

  • C茅sar Franck

    Symphonic Variations

    Soloist: Moura Lempany Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Constantin Silvestri

  • Clebanoff Strings and Percussion

    What is this Thing Called Love?

  • Gerard Hoffnung

    Speech at the Oxford Union

  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

    O Come All Ye Faithful

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Luxury Choice

    • Flower Seeds and an armchair

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Kay Cavendish

Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Feb 1962 13:10
    Home Service

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