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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

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

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

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

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

Lyricist Richard Stilgoe and musician and songwriter Natalie Duncan prepare for a square dance as they add five more tracks to the playlist. With Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye, they head from Scottish reels to Mars, via California's Santa Monica Boulevard.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Eightsome Reel by The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Scotch Rhapsody by William Walton & Edith Sitwell All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones Mars by Gustav HolstOther music in this episode:King by Years & Years Hoedown by Emerson, Lake & Palmer Boil 'em Cabbage Down, trad, performed by Mark O'Connor Candy by Cameo

Pianist Keelan Carew and trombonist Carol Jarvis join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add five more tracks to the playlist, as they take us from the great Winifred Atwell to an ambitious prog-rock reimagining of Aaron Copland's Rodeo ballet.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Tickle the Ivories by Winifred Atwell Pas de Deux: Andante maestoso by Tchaikovsky Stan by Eminem Rather Be by Clean Bandit Hoedown by Emerson, Lake & PalmerOther music in this episode:Radioactive by Carol Jarvis Kaigara Bushi by Mitsune Black and White Rag by Winifred Atwell Hoe-Down by Aaron Copland, dir Leonard Bernstein Bonaparte's Retreat by William H Stepp

Concertina and melodeon player Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne and composer and arranger Anne Dudley contribute to the next five tracks on the playlist. Alongside Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe, they take us on a journey from the elegant vocals of Amy Winehouse to a Japanese folk tune about hardworking fishermen.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse Sarabande by Claude Debussy Lambada by Pinduca The Bristol Sailorman/Will the Waggoner by John Kirkpatrick (Cohen) Kaigara Bushi by MitsuneOther music in this episode:Why Do Fools Fall In Love by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers There is no Greater Love by Billie Holiday (There is) No Greater Love by Amy Winehouse Love is a Losing Game (Demo) by Amy Winehouse Gymnopédie by Erik Satie Lambada by Kaoma

British-Syrian Maya Youssef - virtuoso player of the Middle Eastern stringed instrument the qanun - and conductor Ben Gernon, join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add five more tracks to the playlist. Starting by the dock of the bay, they travel to Damascus, Hamburg and land on a 1950s familiar pop classic sung by a 14-year-old.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:(Sitting on) the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding The Waves of the Sea by Lena Shamamyan Mache dich auf! Werde Licht! (Arise! Let there be light!) by Felix Mendelssohn Blank Space (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift Why Do Fools Fall In Love by Frankie Lymon & The TeenagersOther music in this episode:Parisienne Walkways by Gary Moore Sweet Child O’Mine by Guns N’ Roses Hard to Handle by Otis Redding Blank Space by Taylor Swift

Bandleader and jazz saxophonist Emma Rawicz and the writer and composer Neil Brand join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add the next five tracks to the playlist. The journey takes them from Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, across the English Channel in a rickety aeroplane, then right up to the moon with Les Paul and Mary Ford.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:The Bucket’s Got a Hole in it by Kid Ory Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines by Ron Goodwin Conversation by Joni Mitchell How High the Moon by Les Paul and Mary Ford Sweet Child O’Mine by Guns N’ RosesOther music in this episode:Tamacún by Rodrigo y Gabriela Double Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra: Mvt 1 by Philip Glass, performed by Katia & Marielle Labèque My Bucket's Got a Hole In It by Hank Williams Bucket's Got a Hole In It by Louis Armstrong My Bucket's Got a Hole In It by Van Morrison 633 Squadron: Main Title Theme by Ron Goodwin Amassakoul by Tinariwen Some Unholy War by Amy Winehouse Didn't It Rain by Sister Rosetta Tharpe