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Bernard Newman

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and explorer Bernard Newman.

Luxury: Atlas

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 27 Aug 1956 13:10

Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation To The Dance

    Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Conductor: Hugo Rignold

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

    Choir: Choir Of Temple Church, London

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin - Waltz in A flat major, Op. 64/3

    Soloist: Nikita Magaloff

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1

    Orchestra: Leighton Lucas and his Orchestra

  • Richard Wagner - TannhΓ¤user

    Orchestra: Chorus and Orchestra Of Munich State Opera Conductor: Robert Heger

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

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

    Soloist: Hilary Newman

  • Charles Gounod

    Faust

    Soloist: Victoria De Los Angeles, Boris Christoff, Nicolai Gedda Orchestra: Paris Opera Orchestra Conductor: Andre Cluytens

  • Luxury Choice

    • Atlas

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Bernard Newman

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 Aug 1956 13:10

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