One-time boy choristers recall the thrill of singing at the 1953 Coronation. 
1.
Robert Schumann
Fantasia in C major
Soloist: Vladimir Horowitz
Sir Neville Cardus
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First broadcast: Mon 17 Apr 1967
Music critic, Cricket writer
Roy Plomley's castaway is music critic and cricket writer Sir Neville Cardus.
Choices
2.
Richard Wagner
Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde)
Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
3.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major
Soloist: Jack Brymer Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham
4.
Castaway's favourite
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 In B Flat Major
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini
5.
Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
Soloist: Kathleen Ferrier Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter
6.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor 'Unfinished'
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Bruno Walter
7.
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Classical'
Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini
8.
Richard Strauss
Im Abendrot (from Four Last Songs)
Soloist: Lisa Della Casa Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Karl Bohm
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