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Isobel Waller-Bridge and Roderick Williams round off the series

Composer Isobel Waller-Bridge and baritone Roderick Williams join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add the final five tracks to the current series, with insights from Esbe

Composer Isobel Waller-Bridge and baritone Roderick Williams join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add the final five tracks to the current series, bringing the playlist up to 40. And the joy of rounds, or canons, with singer, composer and producer Esbe, and one in particular that she sings which goes back to the 13th century.

From lovesick individuals to the arrival of spring and with a dramatic finale, the serendipity continues...

This episode was first broadcast in March this year. Add to Playlist returns to Radio 4 on 13th October

Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Lovesick (ft ASAP Rocky) by Mura Masa
Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti by Claudio Monteverdi
Sumer Is Icumen In by Esbe
A Long Time Ago by David Byrne
Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf

Other music in this episode:

If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake by Ethel Merman and Ray Bolger
Huashca de Corales by Biluka y los Canibales
Hot Stuff by Donna Summer
Oye C贸mo Va by Tito Puente

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42 minutes

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  • Fri 31 Mar 2023 19:15
  • Thu 31 Aug 2023 19:15

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