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Sir Richard Woolley

Roy Plomley's castaway is Astronomer Royal Sir Richard Woolley.

Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Soap

35 minutes

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Mon 15 Mar 1965 13:10
成人快手 Service

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Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor

    Soloist: Sviatoslav Richter Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Conductor: Witold Rowicki

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2 - Prelude & Fugue in D minor

    Soloist: Rosalyn Tureck

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor

    Soloist: Vasso Devetzi Orchestra: Moscow Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Rudolf Barshai

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia and fugue in G minor BWV.542 'Great' (Fugue)

    Performer: David Goode.

    Soloist: Helmut Walcha

  • Bech/Isaacs

    Contrapuntus 7 from The Art of Fugue

    Orchestra: Philomusica of London

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg variations - Variation No. 30

    Soloist: George Malcolm

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli

    Soloist: Wilhelm Backhaus

  • Book Choice

    • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon

  • Luxury Choice

    • Soap

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Richard Woolley

Broadcast

  • Mon 15 Mar 1965 13:10
    成人快手 Service

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