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Sir Alan P Herbert

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and politician Sir Alan P Herbert.

Luxury: Field glasses

35 minutes

Last on

Thu 17 Mar 1955 18:30

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Largo) (from Xerxes)

    Soloist: G. Thalbenball

  • Jacques Offenbach

    La Belle Hélène

    Orchestra: Columbia Light Opera Company with Orchestra

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B minor 'PathΓ©tique'

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Sir Edward Elgar/Herbert

    Song Of Liberty

    Soloist: Noble Choir: Chorus and Band Of HM Coldstream Guards

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf

    Choir: Choir and Orchestra Of The Bach Guild

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Quando me'n vo' soletta (from La Bohème)

    Soloist: Ljuba Welitsch Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

  • Lizbeth Webb & Noel Gordon

    Big Ben

  • Royal Albert Hall Choral Society

    Rule Britannia

  • Luxury Choice

    • Field glasses

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Alan P Herbert

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Mar 1955 18:30

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