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Marjorie Westbury

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Marjorie Westbury.

Favourite track: Cosi fan Tutte (Act 1 Trio) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Golden Bough by James Frazer
Luxury: Blue-green silk robe with packets of flower seeds in the pockets

30 minutes

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Mon 27 Apr 1959 13:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte)

      Soloist: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nan Merriman, Sestio Bruscantini Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Yves Montand

    Grands Boulevards

  • Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

    An American in Paris

  • Enrique Granados

    La maja dolorosa (from Tonadillas)

    Soloist: Victoria de los Angeles, Gerald Moore

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Mandoline (Opus 58, No 1)

    Soloist: Gerard Souzay, Jacqueline Bonneau

  • Robert Schumann

    Im wundersch枚nen Monat Mai (from Dichterliebe)

    Soloist: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, J枚rg Demus

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin, Gioconda de Vito Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Anthony Bernard

  • Book Choice

    • The Golden Bough - James Frazer

  • Luxury Choice

    • Blue-green silk robe with packets of flower seeds in the pockets

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Marjorie Westbury

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 Apr 1959 13:10
    Home Service

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