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Sir Lennox Berkeley

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Sir Lennox Berkeley.

Favourite track: Petite Symphonie Concertante by Frank Martin
Book: The New Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Painting of a restaurant on the banks of the Marne

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40 minutes

Last on

Tue 16 May 1978 12:20
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major

    Soloist: Murray Perahia Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 42: Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats

    Soloist: Alexander Young, Teresa Stich-Randall Orchestra: Vienna Radio Orchestra Conductor: Hermann Scherchen

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

    Orchestra: Juilliard Quartet

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Labbro di foco! (from Falstaff)

    Soloist: Graziella Sciutta, Juan Oncina Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Frank Martin

      Petite Symphonie Concertante

      Orchestra: Suisse Romande Orchestra Conductor: Anserment

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Turn Of The Screw

    Soloist: David Hemmings, Peter Pears Orchestra: English Opera Group Orchestra Conductor: Benjamin Britten

  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales

    Soloist: Vlado Perlemuter

  • Book Choice

    • The New Oxford Book of English Verse

  • Luxury Choice

    • Painting of a restaurant on the banks of the Marne

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Lennox Berkeley

Broadcasts

  • Sat 13 May 1978 18:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Tue 16 May 1978 12:20
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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