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The joy of the overture with Kathryn Tickell, Joe Stilgoe and Ruairi Glasheen

Pipe player Kathryn Tickell, pianist and singer Joe Stilgoe and percussionist Ruairi Glasheen travel from Quebec to Egypt in this week's playlist.

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 Weatherald

The 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 Five

Other music in this episode:

Green Onions by Booker T. and the M.G.'s
Ch茅 Ch茅 Col茅 by H茅ctor Lavoe and Willie Col贸n
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

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42 minutes

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  • Fri 4 Nov 2022 19:15

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