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Gabriel Prokofiev and Uchenna Ngwe round off the series

Composer Gabriel Prokofiev and oboist Uchenna Ngwe take us from Formula 1 to Cadiz, with the help of flamenco guitarist Edina Balczo, as they add the final tracks to this playlist.

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 Weatherald

The 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 Camar贸n de la Isla

Other 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 Mvula

Montage:

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

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42 minutes

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  • Fri 29 Jul 2022 19:15

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