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Lady Eleanor Smith

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Lady Eleanor Smith.

30 minutes

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Tue 5 Oct 1943 19:30
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • La NiΓ±a de los Peines

    Tango Flamenco

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • Yvonne Printemps

    Air De La Lettre

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Three Cornered Hat

  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Boutique Fantasque

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Goossens

  • Forest Murmurs (from Siegfried)

    Conductor: Leo Blech

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Lady Eleanor Smith

Broadcast

  • Tue 5 Oct 1943 19:30
    Forces Programme

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