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Dr Jonathan Miller

Roy Plomley's castaway is director Dr Jonathan Miller.

Favourite track: String Quartet No. 13 in B Flat Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Road To Xanadu by John Livingstone Lowe
Luxury: Razor

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Apr 1971 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Batteries Et Musique De La Garde RΓ©publique

    Sambre Et Meuse

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock), D965

    Soloist: Margaret Ritchie, Gervase De Payer, George Malcolm

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound the trumpet (from Birthday Ode 'Come ye sons of art away')

    Soloist: Alfred Deller, John Whitworth

  • Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge

    Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Harpsichord Sonata in E major

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg variations

    Soloist: Charles Rosen

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130

      Orchestra: Amadeus String Quartet

  • Lead Belly

    Goodnight Irene

  • Book Choice

    • The Road To Xanadu - John Livingstone Lowe

  • Luxury Choice

    • Razor

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Jonathan Miller

Broadcasts

  • Sat 24 Apr 1971 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 26 Apr 1971 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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