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Thea Holme

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress and writer Thea Holme.

Favourite track: Quintet in A Major for Clarinet and Strings by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: Works by Beatrix Potter
Luxury: Writing and painting materials

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 4 Oct 1969 19:00

Music Played

  • John Gay

    Were I Laid on Greenland's Coast (The Beggar's Opera)

    Soloist: Sylvia Nelis, Frederick Ranalow

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Harpsichord Sonata in D major

    Soloist: Rudolph Dolmetsch

  • Frederick Delius

    Serenade (from Hassan)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • George Frideric Handel

    I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (from Messiah)

    Soloist: Jennifer Vyvyan Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Clarinet Quintet in A major

      Soloist: Gervase de Peyer Orchestra: Melos Ensemble

  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Preludes, Book 1)

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • George Bernard Shaw

    Saint Joan

    Artist: Barbara Jefford, Alec McCowen

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music - Bour茅e & Hornpipe

    Orchestra: Boyd Neel Orchestra

  • Book Choice

    • Works - Beatrix Potter

  • Luxury Choice

    • Writing and painting materials

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Thea Holme

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Oct 1969 19:00

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