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Gian Carlo Menotti

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Gian Carlo Menotti.

Book: Book on philosophy by Emmanuel Kant
Luxury: Tarot cards

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40 minutes

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Tue 5 Sep 1978 12:20
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford

    Missa Bell Amfitrit Altera

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2 - Prelude & Fugue in B flat major

    Soloist: Glenn Gould

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major

    Soloist: Bernard Greenhouse Orchestra: Juilliard Quartet

  • Claude Debussy

    PellΓ©as et MΓ©lisande

    Orchestra: Suisse Romande Orchestra Conductor: Anserment

  • Samuel Barber

    Vanessa

    Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Veni sponsa Christi

    Choir: St John's College Choir, Cambridge

  • Tristan und Isolde

    Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad, Ludwig Suthaus Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Non so piΓΉ cosa son (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Teresa Berganza Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Daniel Barenboim

  • Book Choice

    • Book on philosophy - Emmanuel Kant

  • Luxury Choice

    • Tarot cards

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Gian Carlo Menotti

Broadcasts

  • Sat 2 Sep 1978 18:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Tue 5 Sep 1978 12:20
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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