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Dr Catherine Gavin

Roy Plomley's castaway is novelist and historian Dr Catherine Gavin.

Favourite track: La Marseillaise by Rouget De Lisle
Book: Letters by Queen Victoria
Luxury: Camille Pissarro, On the Banks of the Marne

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40 minutes

Last on

Tue 27 Jun 1978 12:20
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Soloist: John Wilbraham

  • The Military Band & Pipes & Drums of the Gordon Highlanders

    Cock O' The North

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che farΓ² senza Euridice (What is Life?) (from Orpheus and Euridice)

    Soloist: Kathleen Ferrier Orchestra: Netherlands Opera Orchestra Conductor: Charles Bruck

  • How Deep is the Ocean?

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel di vedremo (One fine day) (from Madama Butterfly)

    Soloist: Joan Hammond Orchestra: City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Leslie Heward

  • Γ‰dith Piaf

    Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Mazurka

    Orchestra: Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra Conductor: Fremaux

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Claude‐Joseph Rouget de l’Isle

      La Marseillaise

      Orchestra: Paris Police Band

  • Book Choice

    • Letters - Queen Victoria

  • Luxury Choice

    • Camille Pissarro, On the Banks of the Marne

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Dr Catherine Gavin

Broadcasts

  • Sat 24 Jun 1978 18:15
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Tue 27 Jun 1978 12:20
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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