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Sir Lewis Casson

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and director Sir Lewis Casson.

Favourite track: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Luxury: Recorder and the 1912 portrait of Dame Sybil Thorndike

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Mon 12 Jul 1965 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

      Soloist: Jeanne Demessieux

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    War March of the Priest (from Athalie)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra Conductor: Arthur Fiedler

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus

    Choir: Royal Choral Society Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Robert Schumann

    Warum? (from Fantasiest眉cke, Op. 12)

    Soloist: Artur Rubinstein

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Igor Stravinsky

  • Peter Warlock

    Sleep

    Soloist: Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone

  • The Choir of Temple Church

    Now Thank We All Our God

    Artist: George Thalben-Ball

  • Luxury Choice

    • Recorder and the 1912 portrait of Dame Sybil Thorndike

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Lewis Casson

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Jul 1965 13:10
    Home Service

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