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Sir Adrian Boult

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Adrian Boult.

Favourite track: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Luxury: Panama hats stuffed with barley sugar

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40 minutes

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Tue 10 Apr 1979 12:20
成人快手 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Symphony No. 40 In G Minor

      Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Strauss

  • Edmund Rubbra

    Symphony No. 2 in D major

    Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Handley

  • Arthur Bliss

    Meditations on a theme by John Blow

    Orchestra: City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Hugo Rignold

  • Gerald Finzi

    When I Set Out For Lyonesse

    Soloist: John Carol Case, Howard Ferguson

  • Robert Simpson

    Symphony No. 3

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Jascha Horenstein

  • Herbert Howells

    Hymnus Paradisi

    Soloist: Heather Harper, Robert Tear Choir: Bach Choir Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: David Willcocks

  • King George V

    Silver Jubilee Message to the Empire (6 May 1935)

  • King's College Chapel Choir

    I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me

  • Book Choice

    • Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan

  • Luxury Choice

    • Panama hats stuffed with barley sugar

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Adrian Boult

Broadcasts

  • Sat 7 Apr 1979 18:15
    成人快手 Radio 4
  • Tue 10 Apr 1979 12:20
    成人快手 Radio 4

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