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Singer and composer Zara McFarlane and jazz drummer and composer Ollie Howell take us on a musical adventure with the help of composer and musician Nitin Sawhney, as they join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add the next five tracks.Tune in for a scat singing lesson and a 50,000-year history lesson in the origin of musical scales.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing by Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington Hey Ya! By Outkast Lost It To Trying by Son Lux Songs of Fun and Nonsense by Julie Andrews, Moondog and Martyn Green Do-Re-Mi by Julie Andrews, from The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein Other music in this episode:Fisherman by Zara McFarlane Basin Street Blues by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five Purple Haze by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Kathryn Tickell - composer, performer and the foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes - is joined by singer pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe and percussionist Ruairi Glasheen as they help Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye add the next five tracks to the playlist.It's a serendipitous musical journey which takes them from Quebec to New Orleans via Egypt.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Expansions by Lonnie Liston Smith Ouverture by La Bottine Souriante Overture from Candide by Leonard Bernstein Khusara Khusara by Hossam Ramzy Egyptian Ensemble Basin Street Blues by Louis Armstrong and His Hot FiveOther music in this episode:Green Onions by Booker T. and the M.G.'s Ché Ché Colé by Héctor Lavoe and Willie Colón Hushabye Birdie by Kathryn Tickell La Valse D'Orphelin by Christine Balfa Toxic by Britney Spears Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

Russian-British composer, DJ and producer Gabriel Prokofiev and oboe-player Uchenna Ngwe join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye in the studio as they add the final five tracks to the current playlist in the final episode of the series.From the starting grid to the cellars of Cadiz via central Africa, with the help of flamenco guitarist Edina Balczo, we reach the end of the current musical journey of discovery.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:The Chain by Fleetwood Mac Fantasy by Earth, Wind & Fire Twendeni Sote Na Mwanga Wa Amani by Hukwe Zawose America from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim (from Steven Spielberg's 2021 film) Tangos de la Sultana by Camarón de la IslaOther music in this episode:Tamacun by Rodrigo y Gabriela Dance of the Knights from Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev Jupiter from The Planets by Gustav Holst Like the Morning Dew by Laura MvulaMontage:El Compositor Confundido by Ibrahim Ferrer Lay, Lady, Lay by Bob Dylan Fat Man in the Bathtub by Little Feat Shake it Off by Taylor Swift Paranoid Android by Radiohead Se Pierde en Esta Vida by Celeste Mendoza

Saxophonist Camilla George and guitarist Sean Shibe take us on a global journey and beyond as they help choose the next five tracks for the playlist.Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye also explore the finer details with guests John Dillon, Cathy Jordan and David Owen Norris.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Beauty in the River by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils The Green Gowned Lass by Dervish Taximen by Amadou Balaké Scarborough Fair by Incantation Jupiter from The Planets by Gustav Holst Other music in this episode:Spacer by Sheila Abasi Isang by Camilla George Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel Scarborough Fair by Martin Carthy

Composer and musician Nitin Sawhney and cellist Gabriella Swallow head towards the sun as they help add five more tracks to the playlist.Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are also joined by Hinako Omori as they fly high with the lark.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:You Ain’t the Problem by Michael Kiwanuka I Am the Black Gold of the Sun by Nuyorican Soul (4 Hero remix) The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams Sonata Representativa - The Cat - by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Wuthering Heights by Kate BushOther music in this episode:Goldberg_Variations, Variatio 5 by J.S._Bach, played by Lang_Lang She’s a Lady by Tom Jones I am the Black Gold of the Sun by Rotary Connection Conversations with a Lark by Hinako Omori - Listen to the Radio 3 broadcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017lqw Sonata violino solo representativa (In A Major) - Allemande by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Violin Sonata in A major : IV Der Fresch (The Frog)

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are joined by bassoonist Linton Stephens and Ukrainian pianist Dinara Klinton as they embark on another musical journey, from Veracruz in Mexico to a pioneering Black female composer and a huge Grime hit as they add five more tracks to the playlist.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:La Bamba by Los Lobos Symphony No.1 in E Minor III: Juba Dance by Florence Beatrice Price Etude No 5 in G-Flat Major; Op 10, ‘Black Keys’ by Chopin, played by Dinara Nadzhafova (Klinton) Shut Up by Stormzy She’s a Lady by Tom JonesOther music in this episode:E Ye Ye by Quantic & Nidia Góngora Desfado by Ana Moura La Bamba by Ritchie Valens Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles La Bamba by El Jarocho Soul Limbo by Booker T & the MGs Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 (the 'New World Symphony') by Antonín Dvořák Functions on the Low by Ruff Sqwad (XTC)

Classical pianist Iain Burnside and saxophonist Jess Gillam continue the musical journey, taking us from a tragic tale of a shepherdess in Yorkshire to the Appalachian Mountains and to Portugal.With the help of drummer Woody Woodmansey and biographer Paul Thompson, Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye discover new details and stories behind the five tracks on this week's playlist.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Old Molly Metcalfe by Jake Thackray The Twelve Apostles, from 9 English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains by Ralph Vaughan Williams Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee Starman by David Bowie Desfado by Ana MouraOther music in this episode:Tour de France by Kraftwerk Eena Meena Deeka by Kishore Kumar Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland Harper Valley PTA by Jeannie C. Riley One Day Like This by Elbow

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are joined by musicologist Hannah French and composer Neil Brand as they take us from the stables of Versailles to a Shirley MacLaine classic as they add another five tracks to the playlist.Bhangra specialist DJ Sonny Ji celebrates a joyous track inspired by the children's chant 'Eeny, meeny, miny, moe'.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldListen to Hannah French's Radio 3 documentary The Silence of my Pain https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p6d4 The five tracks in this week's playlist:Coppélia: Galop Final by Léo Delibes Overture to Acante et Céphise by Rameau If They Could See Me Now by Shirley MacLaine Get Ur Freak On by Missy Elliott Eena Meena Deeka by Kishore Kumar Other music in this episode:Black Sky by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils And the Swallow by Caroline Shaw Jubilee Rag by Winifred Atwell Galloping Home by Denis King Pygmalion: Overture by Jean-Philippe Rameau

From mariachi trumpets to calypso and ragtime, Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye continue the musical journey of discovery.Saxophonist Soweto Kinch and composer Hannah Peel help create this week's playlist, with a special appearance by pianist Richard Stilgoe, and Black music specialist Kevin Le Gendre on the significance of calypso.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash The Match of the Day theme Brown Skin Girl by Sonny Rollins Abatina by Calypso Rose Jubilee Rag by Winifred AtwellOther music in this episode:Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) by Us3 Viva Mexico by Mariachi Las Adelitas UK Ring of Fire by Brian Eno (Love's) Ring of Fire by Anita Carter Soul Limbo by Booker T & the MGs Bullseye by London Music Works Brown Skinned Woman by Blind Snooks Eaglin PIMP by 50 Cent Pimp by Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band The Black and White Rag by Winifred Atwell

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye return to the studio to start a whole new playlist in the company of the film and TV composer David Arnold, who's written scores for five James Bond films, and the organist Anna Lapwood, Director of Music at Pembroke College, Cambridge.This new playlist takes us back to Mexico in the 19th century and to a famously dystopian landscape populated by robots.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Blinding Lights by The Weeknd Blade Runner - End Titles by Vangelis Danse Macabre (organ arr E H Lemare) by Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns Wannabe by The Spice Girls Viva Mexico by Mariachi Las Adelitas UKOther music in this episode:Thunderbirds theme Take On Me by Aha Young Turks by Rod Stewart Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds Beverley Hills Cop theme The Goldeneye Overture (Pt 1) by Eric Serra James Bond Theme by the John Barry Orchestra Cemetry Gates by The Smiths Summer Nights from the film Grease