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Alfredo Campoli

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor and violinist Alfredo Campoli.

Luxury: Football

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40 minutes

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Fri 21 Aug 1953 18:20
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Violin Concerto No. 5 In A Minor (Opus 37)

    Soloist: Jascha Heifetz Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Sul del Nilo (from Aida)

    Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Orchestra

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La traviata Prelude to Act 3

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Paul Whiteman's Swinging Strings

    Ragging The Scale

  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Capriccio In F Minor (Opus 28, No. 6)

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (from La Bohème)

    Soloist: Beniamino Gigli

  • Raymond Glendenning

    Exhibition Snooker Albany Club, Joe Davis V Horace Lindrum

  • Alfredo Campoli

    Symphonie Espagnole

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

  • Luxury Choice

    • Football

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Alfredo Campoli

Broadcast

  • Fri 21 Aug 1953 18:20
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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