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Beverley Baxter

Roy Plomley's castaway is MP Beverley Baxter.

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Sat 26 Jun 1943 18:05
Forces Programme

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Music Played

  • Tristan und Isolde

    Artist: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

    Soloist: Sergei Rachmaninov Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

  • C茅sar Franck

    Symphonic Variations

    Soloist: Alfred Cortort Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Landon Ronald

  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (from The Pearl Fishers)

    Soloist: Admond Clement, Marcel Journet

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier (Waltzes)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.

    Orchestra: Dresden State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Karl B枚hm

  • Louis Armstrong

    Gonna Shout All Over God's Heaven

    Artist: Lyn Murray Quartet

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36: Variation IX "Nimrod"

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Beverley Baxter

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  • Sat 26 Jun 1943 18:05
    Forces Programme

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