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Geoffrey Grigson

Roy Plomley's castaway is critic Geoffrey Grigson.

Favourite track: She Never Told Her Love by Franz Joseph Haydn
Book: The Oxford English Dictionary
Luxury: Pate de foie gras

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40 minutes

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Fri 22 Oct 1982 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F major, Op. 3/5 'Serenade'

    Orchestra: Janacek Quartet

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings

    Soloist: Peter Pears, Dennis Brain Orchestra: Boyd Neel String Orchestra Conductor: Benjamin Britten

  • Henry Purcell

    When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) (from Dido and Aeneas)

    Soloist: Victoria de los Angeles Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Joseph Haydn

      She never told her love (Canzonetta)

      Soloist: Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major

    Orchestra: Tatrai Quartet

  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants

    Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Conductor: Jean Martinon

  • Benjamin Britten

    Death be not proud (from The Holy Sonnets of John Donne)

    Soloist: Peter Pears Orchestra: Zorian String Quartet Conductor: Benjamin Britten

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (from Nabucco)

    Orchestra: La Scala Chorus and Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • The Oxford English Dictionary

  • Luxury Choice

    • Pate de foie gras

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Geoffrey Grigson

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Oct 1982 18:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 22 Oct 1982 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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