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Isata Kanneh-Mason and Richard Stilgoe launch a new series

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and lyricist Richard Stilgoe join Anna and Jeffrey as they add the first five tracks to the new series

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and lyricist and musician Richard Stilgoe join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the first five tracks in the new series, taking us from a pop/disco banger from 2001 to Nina Simone, via a heartfelt countertenor revival.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Can鈥檛 Get You Out of My Head by Kylie Minogue
Losing My Mind by Stephen Sondheim, sung by Bernadette Peters
The Self Banished by John Blow, sung by Alfred Deller
Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
Don鈥檛 Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone

Other music in this episode:

Summer Breeze by The Isley Brothers
The Self Banished by John Blow, sung by The Deller Consort

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42 minutes

Last on

Tue 20 Aug 2024 11:00

Broadcasts

  • Fri 16 Aug 2024 19:15
  • Tue 20 Aug 2024 11:00

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