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Radio 4,27 Mar 2026,42 mins

Neil Brand and Matilda Lloyd celebrate the mambo

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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

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