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Anthony Powell

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Anthony Powell.

Favourite track: Rio Grande by Constant Lambert
Book: A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
Luxury: Wine

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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 18 Oct 1976 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Violet Loraine & George Robey

    If You Were The Only Girl In The World

  • Elsie Morison

    Were I Laid On Greenland's Coast

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La donna Γ¨ mobile (from Rigoletto)

    Soloist: Luciano Pavarotti Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Richard Bonynge

  • Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Willi Boskovsky

  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Constant Lambert

      The Rio Grande

      Orchestra: HallΓ© Orchestra Conductor: Constant Lambert

  • Darius Milhaud

    La CrΓ©ation du monde

    Orchestra: Orchestre Du Theatre Des Champs-Elysees

  • Claude Debussy

    IbΓ©ria (from Images)

    Orchestra: Orchestra De La Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Book Choice

    • A Hero of Our Time - Mikhail Lermontov

  • Luxury Choice

    • Wine

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Anthony Powell

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Oct 1976 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 18 Oct 1976 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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