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Bransby Williams

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Bransby Williams.

Luxury: Paper and pencils

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Mon 4 Nov 1957 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Kentucky Minstrels

    Carry Me Back To Green Pastures

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Soloist: Louis Kentner

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Song Of The Flea

    Soloist: Feodor Chaliapin

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

    Soloist: Solomon Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Edward Elgar

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

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Largo) (from Xerxes)

    Soloist: Gladys Ripley

  • Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries (from Die WalkΓΌre)

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Luxury Choice

    • Paper and pencils

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Bransby Williams

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Nov 1957 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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