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Stephen Sondheim

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Stephen Sondheim.

Favourite track: Porgy and Bess by Lawrence Winters and Others
Book: Collected works by E B White
Luxury: Piano

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40 minutes

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Fri 22 Aug 1980 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales

    Orchestra: Orchestre De La Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Concerto For Orchestra

    Orchestra: Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Fritz Reiner

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Lawrence Winters and Others

      Porgy and Bess

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major

    Soloist: Vladimir Horowitz Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Isao Sato & Sab Shimono

    Poems

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto for Left-Hand in D minor

    Soloist: Robert Casadesus Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Ormandy

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony Of Psalms

    Choir: English Bach Festival Chorus Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

  • Len Cariou

    The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd

  • Book Choice

    • Collected works - E B White

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Stephen Sondheim

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Aug 1980 18:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 22 Aug 1980 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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