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Rachel Billington

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Rachel Billington.

Favourite track: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Book: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Writing materials

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55 minutes

Last on

Fri 7 Jan 1983 09:05
±«Óãtv Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Benedictine Nuns Of St Cecilia Abbey

    Tantum Ergo

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Aria (from Zaïde)

  • Bob Dylan

    Mr Tambourine Man

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E minor

  • CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major (Piano Concerto No. 10)

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    To love both young and old (Gremin's aria) (from Eugene Onegin)

  • Siegfried's Funeral March (from Götterdämmerung)

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde

  • Book Choice

    • Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

  • Luxury Choice

    • Writing materials

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Rachel Billington

Broadcasts

  • New Year's Day 1983 18:25
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4
  • Fri 7 Jan 1983 09:05
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4

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