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Johann Strauss II
Nuns' Chorus (from Casanova)
Soloist: Anni Frind
Captain John Ridgway & Sargeant Chay Blyth
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Broadcast
First broadcast: Mon 05 Dec 1966
Transatlantic oarsmen
Roy Plomley's castaways are rowers John Ridgway & Chay Blyth.
Choices
2.
Castaway's favourite
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica'
Soloist: John Gielgud Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Conductor: Adrian Boult
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Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser Overture
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
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Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture
Orchestra: University of Minnesota Brass Band, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Antal Dorati
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