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Victoria de los Angeles

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Victoria de los Angeles.

Favourite track: Sound Effects: Birds, Animals, Crowds, Traffic
Book: Poetry in Spanish & German by Raine Maria Rilke
Luxury: The Nike of Samothrace, in the Louvre

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40 minutes

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Tue 6 Jun 1978 12:20
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Reflets dans l'eau (from Images)

  • Richard Wagner

    Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)

  • Paul Robeson

    Let The Rainsplitter Awake

  • Georges Bizet

    Les tringles des sistres (Gypsy Song) (from Carmen)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major

  • Claude Debussy

    C'estle dernier soir (from PellΓ©as et MΓ©lisande)

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Gustav Mahler

      Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor

  • Sound Effects: Birds, Animals, Crowds, Traffic

  • Book Choice

    • Poetry in Spanish & German - Raine Maria Rilke

  • Luxury Choice

    • The Nike of Samothrace, in the Louvre

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Victoria de los Ángeles

Broadcasts

  • Sat 3 Jun 1978 18:15
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Tue 6 Jun 1978 12:20
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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