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Finlay Currie

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Finlay Currie.

Favourite track: He was Despised (from Messiah) by George Frideric Handel
Book: The Dictionary of National Biography
Luxury: 17th-century miniature by Peter Oliver

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Mon 1 May 1961 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Janet Howe

    My Ain Folk

  • CΓ©sar Franck

    Chorale No. 3 in A minor

    Soloist: Marcel Dupre

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • George Frideric Handel

      He was Despised (from Messiah)

      Soloist: Kathleen Ferrier Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Peter Dawson

    The Mountains of Mourne

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Jimmy Shand and His Band

    Eightsome Reel

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

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

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 in D major 'Land of Hope and Glory'

    Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Book Choice

    • The Dictionary of National Biography

  • Luxury Choice

    • 17th-century miniature by Peter Oliver

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Finlay Currie

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 May 1961 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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