A Brit blasts off, the French sound-off and the grassroots are brassed-off. 
1.
Giacomo Puccini
Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (from La Bohème)
Soloist: Enrico Caruso
Roald Dahl
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sat 27 Oct 1979
Children's writer
Roy Plomley's castaway is children's writer Roald Dahl.
Choices
2.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major
Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer
4.
Castaway's favourite
Johann Sebastian Bach
Agnus Dei (from Requiem Mass)
Choir: Vienna Singverein
5.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral'
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
6.
Gabriel Fauré
Sanctus (from Requiem)
Choir: King's College Chapel Choir Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: David Willcocks
7.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
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