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Sir Francis McLean

Roy Plomley's castaway is Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Director of Engineering Sir Francis McLean.

Favourite track: Symphony No 9 in E Minor (Opus 95) by Antonin Dvo?Γ΅k
Book: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Luxury: Dutch flower picture in the Wallace Collection

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23 minutes

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Mon 12 Aug 1968 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Ecco, ridente in cielo (from The Barber of Seville)

    Soloist: Luigi Alva Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Vittorio Gui

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

      Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World'

      Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Karel Ancerl

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    O silver moon (from Rusalka)

    Soloist: Rita Streich Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

  • KalmΓ΅r PΓ΅l

    Czak Egy Kislany Van a Vilagon

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Montagues and Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Claudio Abbado

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    LΓ  ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)

    Soloist: Eberhard Wachter, Graziella Sciutti Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini

  • Ascot Gavotte from My Fair Lady

  • Charles Trenet

    Boum!

  • Book Choice

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

  • Luxury Choice

    • Dutch flower picture in the Wallace Collection

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Francis McLean

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Aug 1968 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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