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Kiri Te Kanawa

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Kiri Te Kanawa.

Favourite track: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Cooking knives

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Mar 1980 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Tomaso Albinoni & Remo Giazotto

    Adagio in G Minor for Organ & Strings

    Orchestra: Saar Chamber Orchestra

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major

      Soloist: Richard Adeney Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Raymond Leppard

  • Richard Strauss

    Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler

  • Hector Berlioz

    Villanelle (from Les nuits d'Γ©tΓ©)

    Soloist: Janet Baker Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • Los Fronterizos

    Kyrie

  • Der Ring des Nibelungen

    Soloist: Anna Russell

  • The Chieftains

    Women Of Ireland

  • Louis Armstrong

    What A Wonderful World

  • Book Choice

    • War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

  • Luxury Choice

    • Cooking knives

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Kiri Te Kanawa

Broadcasts

  • Sat 8 Mar 1980 18:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 14 Mar 1980 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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