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Fanny & Johnnie Cradock

Roy Plomley's castaways are food and wine experts Fanny & Johnnie Cradock.

Roy Plomley's castaways are food and wine experts Fanny & Johnnie Cradock.

Favourite track: Les Sylphides by Frédéric Chopin
Book: Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Sir Winston Churchill
Luxury: Typewriter, paper, golf clubs and balls

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 15 Oct 1962 13:10

Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Les Sylphides

      Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Conductor: Peter Maag

  • César Franck

    String Quartet in D major

    Orchestra: Prague City Quartet

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in C major, Op. 46/1

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Joseph Keilberth

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C minor

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Concerto in C major

    Soloist: Leon Goossens Orchestra: Sinfonia of London Conductor: Colin Davis

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    None but the lonely heart, Op. 6/6

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Andre Kostelanetz

  • Book Choice

    • , A History of the English-Speaking Peoples - Sir Winston Churchill

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter, paper, golf clubs and balls

Credit

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley

Broadcast

  • Mon 15 Oct 1962 13:10

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