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Lady Diana Cooper

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and actress Lady Diana Cooper.

Favourite track: Die Walkure - Wotan Puts Brunnhilde to Sleep by Richard Wagner
Book: Volumes of her autobiography
Luxury: Bag of pillows, in which she will smuggle in her dog

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20 minutes

Last on

Mon 24 Mar 1969 11:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Yvonne Printemps

    Au Clair de Lune

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C minor

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wotan puts BrΓΌnnhilde to sleep (from Die WalkΓΌre)

      Soloist: Hans Hotter Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Georg Solti

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    The Miracle

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

  • Robert Schumann

    The two grenadiers (from Romances and Ballads II, Op. 49)

    Soloist: Feodor Chaliapin

  • Les Sylphides

    Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Enrique Granados

    Andaluza (Dance No. 5) (from Danzas espaΓ±olas)

    Soloist: Artur Rubinstein

  • NoΓ«l Coward

    Mad Dogs and Englishmen

  • Book Choice

    • Volumes of her autobiography - Lady Diana Cooper

  • Luxury Choice

    • Bag of pillows, in which she will smuggle in her dog

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Lady Diana Cooper

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Mar 1969 11:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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