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Jun 2025
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Anna Lapwood and Andrew Roachford celebr...

Bbc Radio 4
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Star organist Anna Lapwood and singer/songwriter Andrew Roachford join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add tracks 496-500 in this 100th edition of the show! What better way to celebrate than a double dose of organ, and a trip to Mumbai, Hawaii and Cape Verde?

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

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Thunder and Blazes (Entry of the Gladiators) by Julius Fučík Star Wars: Throne Room – End Titles by John Williams, arr Harald Feller Jai Ho! by A R Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole Petit Pays by Cesária Évora

Other music in this episode:

Top Hat, White Tie & Tails by Fred Astaire Old Town Road by Lil Nas X The Bells of Notre Dame, performed by Anna Lapwood Only to be with You by Andrew Roachford I Heard it Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye Entry of the Gladiators by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Thunder and Blazes - Sounds of the Circus Afro Circus from Madagascar 3 Throne Room: End Titles by John Williams Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean performed by Anna Lapwood Jai Ho! (Hindi version) by A R Rahman Believe by Cher Somewhere Over the Rainbow by by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg, sung by Judy Garland

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