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Gordon Harker

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Gordon Harker.

Luxury: Camera and film

40 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Dec 195218:20

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner - Siegfried Idyll

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Deh vieni, non tardar (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Elisabeth Schumann

  • Robert Schumann

    PPiano Quintet in E Flat major

    Soloist: Artur Schnabel

  • John McCormack & Edwin Schneider

    The Cloths Of Heaven

  • Flanagan and Allen

    If A Grey Haired Lady Says How's Yer Father

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cello Concerto in B minor

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Piangea cantando (Willow song) (from Otello)

    Soloist: Elisabeth Rethberg

  • Richard Wagner - Selig wie die Sonne (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)

    Soloist: Elisabeth Schumann, Lauritz Melchior Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • Luxury Choice

    • Camera and film

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestGordon Harker

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 Dec 195218:20

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