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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 5: Anna Lapwood and Linton Stephens launch the new playlist

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Anna Lapwood and Linton Stephens launch the new playlist

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BBC Radio 4 - Add to Playlist, Series 5, Anna Lapwood and Linton Stephens launch the new playlist

Organist Anna Lapwood and bassoonist Linton Stephens start the new playlist.

Organist Anna Lapwood and bassoonist Linton Stephens kick off a new playlist with five tracks they've chosen along with Cerys and Jeffrey.

Organist Anna Lapwood and bassoon-player Linton Stephens join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add the first five tracks to the new playlist, from a Yiddish anti-fascist song - with context provided by ethnomusicologist Dr Abigail Wood at the University of Haifa in Israel - to a celebrated homage to Duke Ellington.

Produced by Jerome Weatherald
Presented, with additional music curation, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

Classical Fix, presented by Linton Stephens, returns to BBC Radio 3 next Monday 
Radio 3's Sunday Feature: Yiddish Glory available here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h56n

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song) from Yiddish Glory 
Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus by Olivier Messiaen 
Vogue by Madonna
The Creation of Man from The Scarlet Pimpernel
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder

Other music in this episode:

Suite VII in G Minor HV432: Gigue by George Frideric Handel
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Dancing Queen by ABBA
Crosstown Traffic by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Hallelujah from Messiah by George Frideric Handel
Fuir le bonheur de peur qu'il ne se sauve by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin

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