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Conductor Ben Gernon and baroque recorder player Heidi Fardell open the new series alongside Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add the first five tracks, taking us from a steamy New York summer to a celebrated Bach composition that violinist Joshua Bell has described as 'not just one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, but one of the greatest achievements of any man in history'. Throw in Gershwin, Louis XIV and a very serious musical accident, and you've got a cornucopia of an opening episode.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Summer in the City by The Lovin’ Spoonful
An American in Paris by George Gershwin
Overture to Phaëton by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Ain’t It Strange by Patti Smith
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor (the Chaconne) by J.S. Bach
Other music in this episode:
Batman Theme by Neil Hefti & his Orchestra
12 Sonatas Op. 11 'Parensi': No 7 in A Minor: II. Allegro by Robert Valentine, performed by Heidi Fardell
Because The Night by Patti Smith

Pianist and silent film music specialist Neil Brand and trumpeter Matilda Lloyd join Jeffrey and Anna as they add five tracks to the playlist, in the last of the current series. From a celebrated American singer who died aged 27 we head to the most successful artist in the history of the Grammys, via a famous sacred Italian work, appropriate as Good Friday approaches.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin
Stabat Mater Dolorosa by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Mambo Bacan by Sophia Loren
The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini
Say My Name by Destiny’s Child
Other music in this episode:
Toccata by Giovanni Battista Martini, played by Matilda Lloyd
Peter Piper by Run-D.M.C.
My Adidas by Run-D.M.C.
Mambo No 5 by Pérez Prado
Que Rico Mambo by Pérez Prado
Bangers & Mash by Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers
Moon River by Henry Mancini, sung by Audrey Hepburn
Say My Name (Acapella) by Destiny's Child

Trumpeter and bandleader Guy Barker and composer and arranger Anne Dudley join Jeffrey and Anna as they add five more tracks, taking us from a high-octane heavy-metal classic to Run-D.M.C. via signature stage moves and dreamy Ella.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Thunderstruck by AC/DC
I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown
Hommage à Rameau by Claude Debussy
My Reverie by Ella Fitzgerald
Peter Piper by Run-D.M.C.
Other music in this episode:
Love's Theme by The Love Unlimited Orchestra
Gravel Pit by Wu-Tang Clan
Surrender by Swing Out Sister
It's a Man's Man's Man's World by James Brown
Reverie by Debussy, performed by Lang Lang
A-Tisket A-Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
Humpty Dumpty by Aimee Mann
All The King's Horses by Dusty Springfield
Take Me To The Mardi Gras by Bob James
Take Me To The Mardi Gras by Paul Simon

Bassoonist Amy Harman and concert pianist Nicholas McCarthy are the studio guests of Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add five more tracks. Kicking off with an internationally famous track written in Ostend in Belgium, they end up in a gravel pit via a ticking clock or two.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye
Clocks by Coldplay
The Clock (the 2nd mvt) from Symphony No 101 in D Major by Haydn
Precipitato (the 3rd mvt) from Piano Sonata No 7 in B Flat Major by Prokofiev
Gravel Pit by Wu-Tang Clan
Other music in this episode:
Etudes: Op 8 No 12 in D-Flat Minor by Scriabin, played by Nicholas McCarthy
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D-Major by Ravel, played by Nicholas McCarthy
On the Road Again (Live) by Willie Nelson
Who'll Buy My Memories by Willie Nelson
Impulse by Hans Zimmer
Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell
Nautilus by Anna Meredith
It's a Man's Man's Man's World by James Brown
Da Mystery of Chessboxin by Wu-Tang Clan

Trombonist Carol Jarvis and singer and songwriter Andrew Roachford join Jeffrey and Anna to add five more tracks to the playlist. Starting with a famous composer and former taxi driver, they head to some classic boogie-woogie, a female kora virtuoso, and hit the road again with one of country's finest.
Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
The five tracks in this week's playlist:
Etudes: No 6 by Philip Glass
Pyramid Song by Radiohead
Hassle Attack by Ann Rabson
Ballaké Sissoko by Sona Jobarteh
On the Road Again (Live) by Willie Nelson
Other music in this episode:
Mary Ann by Buddy Guy
With Love by Thin Lizzy
Sex Machine by James Brown
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
Diary of a Taxi Driver by Bernard Herrmann