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Rick Wakeman and Fenella Humphreys, from Bach to Eurovision

Keyboard maestro Rick Wakeman and violinist Fenella Humphreys join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as we head from prog rock to Gershwin.

Keyboard maestro and prog rock musician Rick Wakeman and concert violinist Fenella Humphreys are today's studio guests with Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye. In the penultimate episode of the current series, they take us from a Bach favourite via an Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong classic before hopping on a train to Moldova for some lively Eurovision action.

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

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

1st movement of Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor by Bach
A Futuristic Auntyquarian by Gryphon
Your Woman by White Town
Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Trenule葲ul (Eurovision 2022) by Zdob 葯i Zdub

Other music in this episode:

Would You...? by Touch and Go
Bapaalaay by Esukolaal
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor by Anne-Sophie Mutter
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor by Yehudi Menuhin
My Woman by Lew Stone and the Monseigneur Band
Love Again by Dua Lipa

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42 minutes

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  • Fri 20 Sep 2024 19:15
  • Tue 24 Sep 2024 11:00

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