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Sir Sacheverell Sitwell

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and poet Sir Sacheverell Sitwell.

Favourite track: Carmen (Act 3) by Georges Bizet
Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Luxury: Refrigerator

30 minutes

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Mon 11 Oct 1971 12:25
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major

    Soloist: Daniel Barenboim Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra

  • Robert Schumann

    Warum? (from Fantasiestücke, Op. 12)

    Soloist: Ignacy Jan Paderewski

  • Robert Schumann/Liszt

    Frühlingsnacht (from Liederkreis, Op. 39) (transcribed Liszt)

    Soloist: Josef Lhévinne

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Georges Bizet

      Carmen Act 3

      Orchestra: French National Radio Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Act 1 Chorus (from Un ballo in maschera)

    Choir: Robert Shaw Chorale

  • Franz Liszt

    Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude

    Soloist: Aldo Ciccolini

  • Giacomo Meyerbeer/Liszt

    Valse Infernale

    Soloist: Earl Wild

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg variations

    Soloist: Wanda Landowska

  • Book Choice

    • War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

  • Luxury Choice

    • Refrigerator

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Sir Sacheverell Sitwell

Broadcasts

  • Sat 9 Oct 1971 19:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 11 Oct 1971 12:25
    BBC Radio 4

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