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Dave Brubeck

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz musician Dave Brubeck.

Book: Encyclopaedia
Luxury: Piano

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15 minutes

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Mon 12 Oct 1959 13:10

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Cotton Tail

  • Art Tatum

    Tiger Rag

  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G Minor

    Orchestra: Loewenguth Quartet

  • Darius Milhaud

    La CrΓ©ation du monde

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

  • Mahalia Jackson

    Didn't It Rain?

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 5 in D minor

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Artur Rodzinski

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral'

    Soloist: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Marga Höffgen, Ernst Haefliger et al Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Book Choice

    • Encyclopaedia

  • Luxury Choice

    • Piano

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Dave Brubeck

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Oct 1959 13:10

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