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Donald Sinden

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Sinden.

Favourite track: Symphony No. 6 In F Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method by Sir Banister Fletcher
Luxury: His favourite picture in the Walker Art Gallery

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40 minutes

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Fri 20 Aug 1982 09:05
±«Óãtv Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Richard Tauber

    Vienna, City Of My Dreams

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral'

      Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

    Soloist: David & Igor Oistrakh Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Eugene Goossens

  • Jussi Björling

    Namner Du Sverige

  • Roy Godfrey, Howard Goorney, Michael Aldridge

    Let The Grass Grow

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies irae (from Requiem Mass)

    Soloist: Nicolai Gedda, Nicoloai Ghiaurov, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini

  • Gerard Hoffnung

    Speech At The Oxford Union

  • Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II

    The Old Hundredth

  • Book Choice

    • A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method - Sir Banister Fletcher

  • Luxury Choice

    • His favourite picture in the Walker Art Gallery

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Donald Sinden

Broadcasts

  • Sat 14 Aug 1982 18:15
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4
  • Fri 20 Aug 1982 09:05
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4

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