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Tamara Karsavina

Roy Plomley's castaway is prima ballerina Tamara Karsavina.

Luxury: Wooden statue of St Florian

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Mon 8 Jul 1957 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 13 in G major 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le spectre de la rose (from Les nuits d'Γ©tΓ©)

    Soloist: Victoria de les Angeles Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Charles Munch

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major 'Trout'

    Orchestra: Vienna Konzerthaus Orchestra

  • Lawrence Winters

    I Got Plenty Of Nuttin'

    • Porgy & Bess.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Shrovetide Fair (from Petrushka)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che farΓ² senza Euridice (What is Life?) (from Orpheus and Euridice)

    Soloist: Tito Schipa

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter (from The Planets)

    Orchestra: Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Don Kosaken Chor

    Along the St Petersburg Road

  • Luxury Choice

    • Wooden statue of St Florian

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Tamara Karsavina

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Jul 1957 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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