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Virgil Thomson

Roy Plomley's castaway is composer Virgil Thomson.

Favourite track: Protegga Il Giusto Cielo (from Don Giovanni) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Music manuscript paper, pencils and a rubber

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Mon 20 Nov 1961 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg variations - Variation No. 29

    Soloist: Wanda Landowska

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Protegga il giusto cielo (from Don Giovanni)

      Soloist: Joan Sutherland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Luigi Alva Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini

  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Portrait de Socrate (Le Banquet) (from Socrate)

    Soloist: Violette Journeaux Orchestra: Paris Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Rene Leibowitz

  • Claude Debussy

    Pour les accords (from Etudes)

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • Japanese Court Music

    Dance of the Great Peace

  • Franz Schubert

    Meeres Stille D216

    Soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jorg Demus

  • New York Wind Ensemble

    Intergrales

  • Original Dixieland Five

    Barnyard Blues

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Luxury Choice

    • Music manuscript paper, pencils and a rubber

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Virgil Thomson

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Nov 1961 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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