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Frank Chacksfield

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Frank Chacksfield.

Favourite track: Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
Book: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Luxury: Cine camera

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 19 Feb 1962 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

    Soloist: Albert Schweitzer

  • Frank Sinatra

    The Things We Did Last Summer

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Claude Debussy

      Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

      Orchestra: Andr茅 Kostelanetz Orchestra

  • Ben Fields and his Band

    I Raised My Hat

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena (from The Magic Flute)

    Soloist: Walter Berry Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Karl B枚hm

  • Fats Waller and His Rhythm

    I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

  • Orchestre de Danse Alexander

    Sous les Toits de Paris

  • Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra

    Ebb Tide

  • Book Choice

    • The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens

  • Luxury Choice

    • Cine camera

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Frank Chacksfield

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Feb 1962 13:10
    Home Service

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