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Percy Edwards

Roy Plomley's castaway is bird and animal imitator Percy Edwards.

Luxury: Constable's painting of Willy Lott's cottage

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 17 Jun 1957 13:10

Music Played

  • Paul Robeson

    At Dawning

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Mon coeur s'ouvre 脿 ta voix (from Samson and Delilah)

    Soloist: Marion Anderson

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Unknown

    Song Of A Woodlark

    • Songs of British Birds No. 3.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

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

    Soloist: Kathleen Ferrier Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia On Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

  • Denis Noble

    I Travel The Road

    Artist: Gerald Moore

  • Luxury Choice

    • Constable's painting of Willy Lott's cottage

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Percy Edwards

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Jun 1957 13:10

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