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Margaret Powell

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Margaret Powell.

Favourite track: Sempre Libera by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Tahitian language course

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 16 Nov 1970 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Sempre libera (from La traviata)

      Soloist: Amelita Galli Curci

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Vedi! le fosche (Anvil Chorus) (from Il trovatore)

    Orchestra: La Scala Chorus and Orchestra Milan

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation To The Dance

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra

    Valencia

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Orpheus In The Underworld

    Orchestra: Sadler's Wells Theatre Orchestra

  • Paul Robeson

    Solitude

  • Entry March of the Boyars

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major

    Soloist: Nathan Milstein, Leon Pommers

  • Book Choice

    • The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon

  • Luxury Choice

    • Tahitian language course

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Margaret Powell

Broadcasts

  • Sat 14 Nov 1970 19:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Mon 16 Nov 1970 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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