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Cyril Ornadel

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer and conductor Cyril Ornadel.

Favourite track: Violin Concerto No 1 in G Minor by Max Bruch
Book: The Talmud
Luxury: Piano

30 minutes

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Mon 25 Feb 1963 13:40
成人快手 Service

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps Overture

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    O, Isis und Osiris (from The Magic Flute)

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Max Bruch

      Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor

  • Frank Sinatra

    Nancy With the Laughing Face

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Hiawatha's Wedding Feast Finale (from Hiawatha)

  • Arthur Sullivan

    I am so proud (from The Mikado)

    Librettist: William Gilbert.

  • Doretta Morrow

    And This is My Beloved

  • Book Choice

    • The Talmud

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Cyril Ornadel

Broadcast

  • Mon 25 Feb 1963 13:40
    成人快手 Service

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