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Sir Arthur Bryant

Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Sir Arthur Bryant.

Favourite track: Sweet Nightingale by Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupre
Book: Life of Johnson by James Boswell
Luxury: Painting by Kneller of a girl in a golden gown

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Mon 22 Feb 1960 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Gia il Sole dal Gange

    Soloist: Magda Laszlo, Franz Holetschek

  • Audrey Mildmay & Michael Redgrave

    O What a Pain it is to Part (The Beggar's Opera)

  • The Boyd Neel Orchestra

    Mock Morris

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Crudel perch猫 finora (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Felicie Hunimihacsek, Willi Domgraf-Fassbander

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major

    Orchestra: Hamburger Kammerorchester

  • The Singing Dogs

    Pat-a-cake Pat-a-cake

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor

    Soloist: Paul Tortelier Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupre

      Sweet Nightingale

  • Book Choice

    • Life of Johnson - James Boswell

  • Luxury Choice

    • Painting by Kneller of a girl in a golden gown

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Arthur Bryant

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Feb 1960 13:10
    Home Service

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