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Dame Maggie Teyte

Roy Plomley's castaway is soprano Dame Maggie Teyte.

25 minutes

Last on

Wed 30 May 1951 18:25

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major

    Artist: Gina Bachauer

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Erlk枚nig (The Earl King), D328

    Soloist: Bernhard Sonnerstedt, Gerald Moore

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio For Strings

    Orchestra: Boyd Neel Orchestra

  • Richard Wagner - Br眉nnhilde's Immolation (from G枚tterd盲mmerung)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

  • George Frideric Handel

    I know that my Redeemer liveth (from Messiah)

    Soloist: Ernest Lough, G Thalben-Ball

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite

    Orchestra: Boston Promenade Orchestra Conductor: Arthur Fiedler

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Maggie Teyte

Broadcast

  • Wed 30 May 1951 18:25

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