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Michael Holroyd

Roy Plomley's castaway is biographer Michael Holroyd.

Favourite track: String Quartet No 16 (Opus 135) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The High Hill of the Muses by Hugh Kingsmill
Luxury: Waterbed

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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 Jan 1977 12:25
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Leslie β€œHutch” Hutchinson

    Dinner For One Please, James

  • Richard Wagner

    Ride of the Valkyries (Die WalkΓΌre)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • String Quartet No. 2 in E Flat

    Orchestra: Bentheim Quartet

  • Benjamin Britten

    Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

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

      Orchestra: Budapest Quartet

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major

    Soloist: Sviatoslav Richter

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major

    Orchestra: Amadeus String Quartet

  • Samuel Beckett

    Malone Dies

    Conductor: Jack Emery

  • Book Choice

    • The High Hill of the Muses - Hugh Kingsmill

  • Luxury Choice

    • Waterbed

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Michael Holroyd

Broadcasts

  • Sat 22 Jan 1977 19:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 24 Jan 1977 12:25
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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