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Marie Rambert

Roy Plomley's castaway is ballet dancer Marie Rambert.

Favourite track: Sanctus by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Paradise Lost by John Milton
Luxury: Writing materials

30 minutes

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Mon 30 May 1960 13:10
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Music Played

  • Mazowsze Choral Ensemble

    The Little Quail

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    I Have Attained the Highest Power (from Boris Godunov)

    Soloist: Feodor Chaliapin

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite - 2nd movement

    Orchestra: Constant Lambert String Orchestra

  • Ernest Chausson

    笔辞猫尘别

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che far貌 senza Euridice (What is Life?) (from Orpheus and Euridice)

    Soloist: Kathleen Ferrier Orchestra: Southern Philharmonic Conductor: Fritz Stiedry

  • Mistinguett

    Ca C'est Paris

  • William Shakespeare

    To be or not to be (from Hamlet)

    Artist: Henry Ainley

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Mass in B minor - Sanctus

      Orchestra: Orchestra of Vienna Singverein and Chorus Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Book Choice

    • Paradise Lost - John Milton

  • Luxury Choice

    • Writing materials

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Marie Rambert

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 May 1960 13:10
    Home Service

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