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Commander Sir Stephen King-Hall

Roy Plomley's castaway is sailor Sir Stephen King-Hall.

Favourite track: Jesu Maria (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar
Book: Parliamentary Practice by Thomas Erskine-May
Luxury: Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington

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Mon 18 Sep 1961 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung Act 3

    Soloist: Set Svanholm Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra Conductor: Oivin Fjeldstad

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Edward Elgar

      The Dream of Gerontius - Jesu Maria

      Soloist: Heddle Nash Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Claude Debussy

    La cathédrale engloutie (from Preludes, Book 1)

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor

    Soloist: Karl Richter

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A major

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in C Sharp Minor

    Soloist: Vladimir Horowitz

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle (The Trout), D550

    Soloist: Walther Ludwig, Walter Bohle

  • Violet Loraine & George Robey

    If You Were the Only Girl in the World

  • Book Choice

    • Parliamentary Practice - Thomas Erskine-May

  • Luxury Choice

    • Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Commander Sir Stephen King-Hall

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 Sep 1961 13:10
    Home Service

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