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Eileen Joyce

Roy Plomley's castaway is concert pianist Eileen Joyce.

Luxury: Encyclopaedia

30 minutes

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Tue 6 Sep 1955 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hear ye, Israel (from Elijah)

    Soloist: Isobel Baillie

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

    Soloist: Joan Hammond

  • T. S. Eliot

    Murder In The Cathedral

    Artist: Robert Donat

  • The Obernkirchen Children's Choir

    The Happy Wanderer

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano in E flat major

    Soloist: George Malcolm, Charles Spinks

  • Edward Elgar

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

    Orchestra: London Baroque Orchestra Conductor: Karl Haas

  • Luxury Choice

    • Encyclopaedia

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Eileen Joyce

Broadcast

  • Tue 6 Sep 1955 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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