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Vic Feather

Roy Plomley's castaway is trade unionist Vic Feather.

Favourite track: Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Book: Anthology of Poetry
Luxury: Madonna and Child, by Jacob Epstein

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 19 Nov 1973 12:25
Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    In A Monastery Garden

  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Peterloo

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Swan Lake

      Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Pierre Monteux

  • Édith Piaf

    Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Malcolm Sargent

  • George Gershwin

    Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess)

    Soloist: Leontyne Price, William Warfield

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 13 in G major 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Book Choice

    • Anthology of Poetry

  • Luxury Choice

    • Madonna and Child, by Jacob Epstein

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Vic Feather

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 Nov 1973 19:00
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4
  • Mon 19 Nov 1973 12:25
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 4

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