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Hildegarde

Roy Plomley's castaway is cabaret singer Hildegarde.

Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Drill of a Soul by Pope John XXIII
Luxury: Face and hand creams

35 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Nov 1965 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

    Soloist: Artur Rubinstein Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

  • Claude Debussy

    La plus que lente (Waltz)

    Soloist: Jascha Heifetz, Isidor Achron

  • John Williams

    Moon River

  • Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence

    Has Anybody Seen Our Ship

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude: Wir glauben all'an einen Gott

    Orchestra: Stokowski Symphony Orchestra

  • Barbra Streisand

    People

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    King Dodon in his palace (from The Golden Cockerel)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor

      Soloist: Artur Schnabel Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Issay Dobrowen

  • Book Choice

    • The Diary of a Soul - Pope John XXIII

  • Luxury Choice

    • Face and hand creams

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Hildegarde

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Nov 1965 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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