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Robert Tear

Roy Plomley's castaway is tenor Robert Tear.

Favourite track: Concerto For Double String Orchestra by Michael Tippett
Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts
Luxury: Postcards of paintings with poems on the back

40 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Jun 1980 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio

    Choir: King's College Chapel Choir Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Philip Ledger

  • Joseph Haydn

    And God created great whales (from The Creation)

    Soloist: Jose Van Dam Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Fruhbeck De Burgos

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni Act 2

    Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Colin Davis

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major 'Emperor'

    Soloist: Daniel Barenboim Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasia in F minor, D940

    Soloist: Alfred Brendel, Evelyn Crochet

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Sanctus (from Requiem Mass)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Guilini

  • Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (from Das Rheingold)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Georg Solti

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Michael Tippett

      Concerto For Double String Orchestra

      Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Neville Marriner

  • Book Choice

    • The Wisdom of Insecurity - Alan Watts

  • Luxury Choice

    • Postcards of paintings with poems on the back

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Robert Tear

Broadcasts

  • Sat 31 May 1980 18:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 6 Jun 1980 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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