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Natalie Duncan and Gabriella Swallow celebrate Bastille Day

Pianist and singer Natalie Duncan and cellist Gabriella Swallow add the next five tracks with Cerys and Jeffrey, taking us from the French Alps to an Australian airstrip.

Pianist and singer Natalie Duncan and cellist Gabriella Swallow take us from the French Alps to a dusty airstrip in the Australian outback with Miles Davis as they add the next five tracks.

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are also joined by Ukrainian-born pianist Dinara Klinton for some Hungarian Rhapsody.

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

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Belleville Rendez-vous/Les Triplettes de Belleville
Spirit in the Dark by Aretha Franklin
Hungarian Rhapsody No2 in C-Sharp Minor by Franz Liszt, played by Vladimir Horowitz
Concert on the Runway by Miles Davis and Michel Legrand
Cricket on a Line by Colt Ford ft Rhett Atkins

Other music in this episode:

La Valse by Les Négresses Vertes
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
School Spirit by Kanye West
Hungarian Rhapsody No2 in C-Sharp Minor by Franz Liszt, played by Dinara Klinton
Old Town Road by Lil Nas X

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42 minutes

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  • Fri 14 Jul 2023 19:15
  • Sat 15 Jul 2023 22:15

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