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Sir Alan Cobham

Roy Plomley's castaway is aviation pioneer Sir Alan Cobham.

Favourite track: Symphony No 4 in F Minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Sir Winston Churchill
Luxury: Jamaican cigars

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 May 1962 13:10
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Charles Mackerras

  • Claude Debussy

    ΈιΓͺ±Ή±π°ωΎ±±π

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • Gustav Holst

    Mars (The Bringer of War) From The Planets – Suite, op.32

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Louis Jourdan

    Gigi

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (from A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Anthony Collins

  • George Enescu

    Romanian Rhapsody No.1

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Constantin Silvestri

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

    Soloist: Renata Rebaldi, Giacinto Prandelli Orchestra: St Cecilia Orchestra, Rome Conductor: Alberto Erede

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Symphony No. 4 In F Minor

      Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Constantin Silvestri

  • Book Choice

    • History of the English-Speaking Peoples - Sir Winston Churchill

  • Luxury Choice

    • Jamaican cigars

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Alan Cobham

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 May 1962 13:10
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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