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Anna and Jeffrey host an Add to Playlist Yuletide special. They are joined by jazz musician and songwriter Joe Stilgoe and baroque recorder player Heidi Fardell to pick apart five cracking festive tracks, from Sleigh Ride to the Carol of the Bells.
Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Sleigh Ride by Ella Fitzgerald
Sinfonia from The Christmas Oratorio by J S Bach
Carol of the Bells by The Sixteen, written by Mykola Leontovych and Peter Wilhousky
Step into Christmas by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Feliz Navidad by José Feliciano
Other music in this episode:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing by The Torero Band
Sleigh Ride by the Boston Pops Orchestra
Sleigh Ride by The Andrews Sisters
Sleigh Ride by The Ronettes
Christmas Oratorio Pt 1 by J S Bach
Shchedryk by Mykola Leontovych
Ho! Ho! Ho! (Who'd Be a Turkey at Christmas) by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer by Elton John
Maoz Tzur by The Maccabeats
Yalda by Hossein Tavakoli

Conductor Ben Gernon and Music Director Katy Richardson join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add another five tracks, taking us from the Mongolian landscape to a sunrise in Lesbos, a famous TV theme, and some seriously wronged wives.
Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Wolf Totem by The HU 
Daybreak (Lever du jour) by Maurice Ravel
Stranger Things Theme by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein
Madeline by Lily Allen
Ex-Wives from SIX: The Musical
Other music in this episode:
Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
Creep by Radiohead
The Lonely Goatherd by Julie Andrews
Morgul by Ay-Kherel
Dancing On My Own by Robyn
Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics
I Feel Love by Donna Summer
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) by Kate Bush

Pianist Keelan Carew and saxophonist Emma Rawicz join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add five more tracks, taking us from an unforgettable Nat King Cole classic to a sunken cathedral, a famous submarine, and the Austrian Alps.
Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Unforgettable by Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole
Señor Mouse by Gary Burton and Chick Corea
La Cathédrale Engloutie by Debussy
Stingray by Barry Gray
The Lonely Goatherd by Julie Andrews
Other music in this episode
Particles of Change by Emma Rawicz
Ya Taali’een el-Jabal by Kronos Quartet ft Rim Banna
Unforgettable by Nat King Cole
Memories of You by Louis Armstrong
Under the Sea (from The Little Mermaid) by Samuel E Wright
Theme from Thunderbirds by Barry Gray

Flautist and composer Claire Wickes and composer Vince Pope join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add five more tracks, taking us from some traditional Irish violins to San Francisco's Kronos Quartet, stopping along the way for some musical Greek mythology.
Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Runaway by The Corrs
La flûte de Pan by Claude Debussy
Cassandra by Florence and the Machine
Stay With Me by Clint Mansell & Kronos Quartet
Ya Taali’een el-Jabal by Kronos Quartet ft Rim Banna
Other music in this episode
A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins
True Detective: Night Country - Caribou (ft. Tanya Tagaq) by Vince Pope
Posee un Corazón by Leonor Dely
Oyé Oyé (Lumbalú) by Leonor Dely & Millero Congo
Venus by Bananarama
Midas Touch by Midnight Star
Cassandra by ABBA
Cassandra by Taylor Swift
Cole's First Dream from the 12 Monkeys soundtrack by Paul Buckmaster
Theme from Minority Report by John Williams
Lux Aeterna from the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack by Paul Buckmaster

Bassoonist Amy Harman and bandleader, jazz man and multi-instrumentalist Peter Long join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye to add five more tracks, a journey which starts with a virtual cartoon band and ends up in Colombia, stopping off at Gotham City, Knebworth and the New York jazz scene in 1946.
Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Feel Good Inc by Gorillaz
Main Title Theme from Batman by Danny Elfman
Another One Bites the Dust (live) by Queen
One Bass Hit by Dizzy Gillespie
Posee un Corazón by Leonor Dely
Other music in this episode
Steppin' Out by Joe Jackson
Animal Crackers by Melanie
The Laughing Policeman by Charles Penrose
Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks
Main Title Theme from Superman by John Williams
Main Title Theme from Beetlejuice by Danny Elfman
Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Bernard Herrmann
Main Title Theme from The Simpsons by Danny Elfman
Another One Bites the Dust by Queen