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Mark Lubbock

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor and composer Mark Lubbock.

Favourite track: Hans Sachs' Monologue by Richard Wagner
Book: The House by the Churchyard by Sheridan Le Fanu
Luxury: Gin

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 17 Jun 1974 12:25

Music Played

  • Lecocq/Jacob

    Mam'zelle Angot

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Irving

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Fliedermonolog (from Die Meistersinger von NΓΌrnberg)

      Solist: Paul Schoeffler Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto symphonique No. 4 in D minor

    Soloist: Irene Scharrer Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

  • Richard Strauss

    Grossmächtige Prinzessin (from Ariadne auf Naxos)

    Soloist: Maria Ivogun Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Leo Blech

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wie, wie, wie (from The Magic Flute)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

  • A Night in Venice Act 1 (finale)

    Soloist: Nicolai Gedda Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Ackermann

  • Tom Lehrer

    So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)

  • Owen Brannigan & Ernest Lush

    A Smuggler's Song

  • Book Choice

    • The House by the Churchyard - Sheridan Le Fanu

  • Luxury Choice

    • Gin

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Mark Lubbock

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 Jun 1974 19:00
  • Mon 17 Jun 1974 12:25

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