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Geoffrey Moorhouse

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and journalist Geoffrey Moorhouse.

Favourite track: Notte E Giorno Faticar (Don Giovanni) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Dictionary of National Biography
Luxury: Recording of curlews and Indian spices

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55 minutes

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Fri 22 Apr 1983 09:05
成人论坛 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere

    Performer: Roy Goodman. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • The World of King鈥檚.
    • Decca.

  • John Arlott

    Fifth Test Match (England V Australia 1948)

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Notte e giorno (from Don Giovanni)

      • Don Giovanni.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue In G Minor

    • Fugue In G Minor Bach.

  • Chatur Lal

    Kafi-Holi

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The Sound Of Silence

  • The St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Choir

    Kyrie Eleison

  • Queens Own Highlanders Pipes and Drums

    The Old 93rd Caber Feidh (Badge Of Scotland)

  • Book Choice

    • Dictionary of National Biography

  • Luxury Choice

    • Recording of curlews and Indian spices

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Geoffrey Moorhouse

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Apr 1983 18:25
    成人论坛 Radio 4
  • Fri 22 Apr 1983 09:05
    成人论坛 Radio 4

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