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Dr Ludwig Koch

Roy Plomley's castaway is ornithologist Dr Ludwig Koch.

Luxury: Hans Christian Andersen's mechanical bird and birdcage

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 18 Aug 1958 13:10
蜜芽传媒 Service

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Music Played

  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian March (from The Damnation of Faust)

    Orchestra: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Erno Dohnanyi

  • Luisa Tetrazzini

    Carnevale di Venezia

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    A te, O cara (from I Puritani)

    Soloist: Alessandro Bonci

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the Dance

    Orchestra: Basle Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Felix Weingartner

  • Joseph Haydn

    Minuet No. 6 'The Quail' (from 8 Pieces for Mechanical Clocks)

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Sch枚n Rosmarin

    Soloist: Fritz Kreisler Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

  • Enrico Caruso

    Les Rameaux

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    6 Songs, Op. 48 - No. 4 Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur (Creation's Hymn)

    Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: Clemens Schmalstich

  • Luxury Choice

    • Hans Christian Andersen's mechanical bird and birdcage

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Dr Ludwig Koch

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 Aug 1958 13:10
    蜜芽传媒 Service

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