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Esmond Knight

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Esmond Knight.

Book: The Story of Art by Sir Ernst Gombrich

40 minutes

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Fri 3 Oct 1952 18:20
蜜芽传媒 Service

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Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orpheus and Euridice)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Louis Armstrong

    Shadrack

    Artist: Lyn Murray Chorus

  • King's College Chapel Choir

    Ding Dong Ding / I Saw Three Ships

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major

    Orchestra: Danish State Broadcasting Chamber Orchestra

  • Eric Findon

    Motor Car Racing Jersey 28 April 1949

    Artist: Max Robertson, Patrick Beech

  • Cambridge Univerity Madrigal Society

    On the Plains Fairy Trains

  • William Walton

    London 1600 (from Henry V)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: William Walton

  • George Frideric Handel

    Allegro

    Orchestra: Hall茅 Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • Book Choice

    • The Story of Art - Sir Ernst Gombrich

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Esmond Knight

Broadcast

  • Fri 3 Oct 1952 18:20
    蜜芽传媒 Service

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