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Archie Camden

Roy Plomley's castaway is bassoonist Archie Camden.

Favourite track: An Irish Symphony by Hamilton Harty
Book: Books by Ernest Bramah
Luxury: Radio receiver

35 minutes

Last on

Mon 11 Mar 1968 12:25

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in B flat major, D935 No. 3

    Soloist: Wilhelm Kempff

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Una voce poco fa (from The Barber of Seville)

    Soloist: Conchita Supervia

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der H枚lle Rache (from The Magic Flute)

    Soloist: Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosmo McMoon

  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Gerard Hoffnung

    Speech at the Oxford Union

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Scott

    Piano Sonata in C major - 1st movement

    Orchestra: Albert Sandler and his Orchestra

  • Michael Flanders and Donald Swann

    Ill Wind

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Sir Hamilton Harty

      An Irish Symphony

      Orchestra: Hall茅 Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • Books - Ernest Bramah

  • Luxury Choice

    • Radio receiver

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Archie Camden

Broadcasts

  • Sat 9 Mar 1968 13:10
  • Mon 11 Mar 1968 12:25

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