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Kenneth McKellar

Roy Plomley's castaway is singer Kenneth McKellar.

Favourite track: Sanctus (from Mass in B Minor) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Luxury: Tuning fork

30 minutes

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Mon 27 Mar 1961 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Jimmy Shand and His Band

    The Dashing White Sargeant

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Mass in B minor - Sanctus

      Orchestra: Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna Singverein Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O Mimi, tu più non torni (from La Bohème)

    Soloist: Beniamino Gigli, Giuseppe de Luca Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Soloist: Jean Pougnet Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Franz LehΓ΅r

    Waltz Song (from The Merry Widow)

    Soloist: Richard Tauber

  • Mattiwilda Dobbs & Gerald Moore

    Clair de Lune

  • Rino Salviati

    Arrivederci Roma

  • Kenneth McKellar

    The Flowers of the Forest

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Luxury Choice

    • Tuning fork

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Kenneth McKellar

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 Mar 1961 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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