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Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe explore the rich web of connections in music.

Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe continue to explore the rich web of connections in music, from Beyoncé to Beethoven, on Radio 4's weekly music programme.

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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Add to Playlist: Series 4: From Jamaica to Westminster Abbey with Nicky Spence and Laura Jurd

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From Jamaica to Westminster Abbey with Nicky Spence and Laura Jurd

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Trumpeter Laura Jurd and operatic tenor Nicky Spence add five more tracks

Operatic tenor Nicky Spence and trumpet player Laura Jurd explore the five new tracks added to the playlist.

This week, Radio 4 is revisiting four episodes of the award-winning music series Add to Playlist, first broadcast in October. Today, Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are joined by trumpet player Laura Jurd and operatic tenor Nicky Spence. 

Together, with the help of Dr Martin Neary - former Organist and Master of Choristers at Westminster Abbey - they add five more tracks to the playlist, taking them from Jamaica and an early sample in 1985 to a popular religious choral work via experimental indie rock from San Francisco. 

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye
Producer Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Under Me Sleng Teng by Wayne Smith
À Chloris by Reynaldo Hahn, sung by Susan Graham
Whither the Invisible Birds? by Deerhoof
Miserere mei, Deus by Gregorio Allegri
Alfie by Cilla Black

Other music in this episode:

Hey, Mrs. Jones by Ramsey Lewis
Afro Blue by Melanie De Biasio
Air on the G String (Suite No. 3, BWV 1068) by J. S. Bach

Add to Playlist: Series 4

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