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Antonia Ridge

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and broadcaster Antonia Ridge.

Favourite track: Panis Angelicus by CΓ©sar Franck
Book: Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Luxury: Unbreakable spectacles

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 25 Jan 1960 13:10

Music Played

  • Dutch Barrel Organ

    Bourrasque

  • Charles Gounod

    Ah! je ris (Jewel Song) (from Faust)

    Soloist: Victoria de los Angeles Orchestra: Paris Opera Orchestra Conductor: AndrΓ© Cluytens

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: HallΓ© Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • RΓ©da Caire

    Ma Normandie

  • Jules Massenet

    Γ‰±τΓ©²µΎ±±π

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Carmen Dragon

  • The Obernkirchen Children's Choir

    The Happy Wanderer

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Flight of the bumble-bee (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

    Orchestra: HallΓ© Orchestra Conductor: George Weldon

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • CΓ©sar Franck

      Panis Angelicus

      Soloist: Brychan Powell

  • Book Choice

    • Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer

  • Luxury Choice

    • Unbreakable spectacles

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Antonia Ridge

Broadcast

  • Mon 25 Jan 1960 13:10

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