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Jack Hawkins

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Jack Hawkins.

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Fri 8 May 1953 18:20
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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan Of Tuonela

    Soloist: Mitchell Miller Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • Henry Purcell

    Hark! the echoing air (from The Fairy Queen)

    Soloist: Isobel Baillie Orchestra: HallΓ© Orchestra Conductor: Leslie Heward

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • George Gershwin

    Preludes Nos. 1 and 2

  • George Gershwin

    Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess)

    Soloist: Todd Duncan, Ann Brown

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Concertgebouw Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

  • Richard Wagner - Der MΓ¤nner Sippe (from Die WalkΓΌre)

    Soloist: Lotte Lehmann Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Jack Hawkins

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 May 1953 18:20
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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