Ashley Henry and Amy Harman on Bowie and Beethoven
Jazz pianist Ashley Henry and bassoonist Amy Harman join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add five more tracks to the playlist, taking us from a Bowie dance classic to Marvin Gaye via an unexpected rare, live, performance by a jazz icon in a school in California, surprisingly recorded by the caretaker in 1968.Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Modern Love by David Bowie
Piano Sonata No 32 in C Minor by Beethoven
Epistrophy (Live) by Thelonious Monk
Apple by Charli XCX
I Heard it Through the Grapevine by Marvin GayeOther music in this episode:Take it Higher by Ashley Henry
The Magdalene Laundries by Joni Mitchell
Starman by David Bowie
Fame by David Bowie
Under Pressure by David Bowie
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42:53
Nicky Spence and Heidi Fardell drop in on the Honky Château
Operatic tenor Nicky Spence and recorder player and Baroque flautist Heidi Fardell are the studio guests of Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe. In today's five-track journey they head from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Belgium, a rural French château, a charitable institution in Venice, finishing up in Ireland where the past casts a long shadow.Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Spoiler by Baloji
Panis Angelicus by César Franck
Honky Cat by Elton John
Flautino Concerto in C by Vivaldi
The Magdalene Laundries by Joni MitchellOther music in this episode:The Third Man by Anton Karas
Rapture by Blondie
Rocket Man by Elton John
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42:47
Claire Booth and Gavin Higgins on a few very famous notes
Composer Gavin Higgins and soprano Claire Booth take us from a massive Wembley chant to a ground-breaking early rap by a famous white rock group as they join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add five more tracks to the playlist.Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
The Alien by Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow
Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
In a Foolish Dream by Stravinsky
Rapture by Blondie Other music in this episode:Tickle Toe by Lyle Lovett and his Large Band
Horn Concerto III: Mycelium Rondo by Gavin Higgins
Rata de Dos Patas by Paquita La Del Barrio
Firestarter by The Prodigy
Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin
Highway to Hell by AC/DC
Enter Sandman by Metallica
I Love Rock 'n Roll by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Walk This Way by Aerosmith
Stay Another Day by East 17
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46:59
Errollyn Wallen and Neil Brand launch a brand new playlist
Errollyn Wallen, composer and Master of the King's Music, and musician and writer Neil Brand are the studio guests of Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they launch a brand new series. From Lady Gaga to an early Disney classic and ending up in Mexico, the journey begins.Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Abracadabra by Lady Gaga
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas
Never Let Her Slip Away by Andrew Gold
You’re So Vain by Carly Simon
Rata de Dos Patas by Paquita La Del BarrioOther music in this episode:Good Thing by Fine Young Cannibals
Spellbound by Siouxsie and the Banshees
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42:49
Tawiah and Linton Stephens round off the series
Singer, songwriter and film & TV composer Tawiah and bassoonist Linton Stephens join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add the last five tracks in the current series. Love and longing feature prominently, be it for a distant homeland, a parent to a child, or infatuation. But the curtain rises to a famous march representing the forces of darkness in the evil empire.Add to Playlist returns for a new series towards the end of May.Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) by John Williams
Maria from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
Boricua en la Luna by Roy Brown
Orange Moon by Erykah Badu
Mother and Child Reunion by Paul SimonOther music in this episode:Nut Rocker by B. Bumble & The Stingers
Mars by Gustav Holst
Dance at the Gym from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
Vietnam by Jimmy Cliff
Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe take us on a musical journey of discovery, exploring the web of connections between tracks across the breadth of all musical styles, from pop, rock, reggae and hip-hop to classical, jazz, folk and country.
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