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Jazz pianist Julian Joseph and bassoonist Amy Harman join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye in a journey that takes them from Manchester, via a baggy-pants classic pop hit, to a celebrated track from the most popular jazz album of all time. Drummer Romarna Campbell is also on-hand to provide a drummer's perspective on the percussive elements. Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye The five tracks in this week's playlist: Love Spreads by The Stone Roses He Was Despised and Rejected of Men by Handel U Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer So What by Miles Davis Makhloogh by Googoosh Other music in this episode: Cocktail de Medianoche by the Kevin Fingier Collective Khnjooyki Yerk/ Hars Oo Pesa by String Harmonies My Country 'tis of Thee, sung by Marian Anderson Super Freak by Rick James I Wish I Knew by Doris We Gotta Get Out of This Place by The Animals Jaws theme by John Williams

Singer/songwriter Natalie Duncan and Norwegian Baroque violinist Bjarte Eike join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye as they add five more tracks to the playlist, and Brian Eno remembers discovering a new piece of equipment that changed the face of popular music in 1977. Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye The five tracks in this week's playlist: Gloria: In Excelsis Deo by Vivaldi Nordafjells/Liti Kjersti by Music Without Borders I Feel Love by Donna Summer The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson Khnjooyki Yerk/ Hars Oo Pesa by String Harmonies Other music in this episode: Heroes by David Bowie Kyrie Eleison by Bachar Mar-Khalifé We Found Love ft. Calvin Harris by Rihanna

James Taylor of the British jazz-funk outfit the James Taylor Quartet brings his C3 Hammond organ to the studio while Ukrainian-born pianist Dinara Klinton sets herself up at the grand piano as they join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add the next five tracks to the playlist. The journey takes them from Cape Verde to The Gambia and Lebanon, with insights from Senegalese kora player Kadialy Kouyate and French-Lebanese singer and composer Bachar Mar-Khalifé. Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye The five tracks in this week's playlist: Song for my Father by Horace Silver Africano by Earth, Wind & Fire – Live Bannaya by Sona Jobarteh Concerto No. 3, 1st mov by Sergei Rachmaninoff Kyrie Eleison by Bachar Mar-Khalifé Other music in this episode: Popcorn by Hot Butter Gnossienne: No. 1 by Erik Satie Theme from Starsky & Hutch by the James Taylor Quartet Rikki Don't Lose That Number by Steely Dan The Beat Goes On by Buddy Rich

Gareth Malone, who brought choral singing into the mainstream with his TV series The Choir, is joined by The Southbank Centre's Gillian Moore as they take us on the rolling sea from Benin in West Africa to the streets of Havana. Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye continue to compile the new playlist, with additional insights from Afrobeat musician Dele Sosimi. Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented, with additional music curation, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye The five tracks in this week's playlist: Yoruba by the Gangbé Brass Band Rolling Sea by Eliza Carthy Spring Rounds from The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Havana by Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug Gnossienne: No 1 by Erik Satie Other music in this episode: Levels by Avicii Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder Authority Stealing by Fela Kuti The Passenger by The Cambodian Space Project Barbarella by The Bob Crewe Generation Orchestra Why by Carly Simon Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen

Organist Anna Lapwood and bassoon-player Linton Stephens join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add the first five tracks to the new playlist, from a Yiddish anti-fascist song - with context provided by ethnomusicologist Dr Abigail Wood at the University of Haifa in Israel - to a celebrated homage to Duke Ellington. Produced by Jerome Weatherald Presented, with additional music curation, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Classical Fix, presented by Linton Stephens, returns to BBC Radio 3 next Monday Radio 3's Sunday Feature: Yiddish Glory available here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h56n The five tracks in this week's playlist: Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song) from Yiddish Glory Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus by Olivier Messiaen Vogue by Madonna The Creation of Man from The Scarlet Pimpernel Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder Other music in this episode: Suite VII in G Minor HV432: Gigue by George Frideric Handel Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd Dancing Queen by ABBA Crosstown Traffic by The Jimi Hendrix Experience Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana Hallelujah from Messiah by George Frideric Handel Fuir le bonheur de peur qu'il ne se sauve by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin

Oti Mabuse returns for a new series celebrating the legendary dancers and choreographers who have changed the world of dance. Across the series, Oti meets acclaimed performers from the stage and screen, including actress Ruthie Hensall, Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams and ballet dancer Wayne Sleep. Oti asks her guests to nominate the dancer or choreographer who inspired them and shaped their dancing careers. The legends we celebrate in this series range from the man who created his unique signature jazz style, Bob Fosse, to the versatile dancer who incorporated styles from around the world in her movement, Debbie Allen. Oti Mabuse’s Dancing Legends shines a spotlight on the phenomenal dancers who revolutionised the dancing world and changed the way audiences were entertained forever. Presenter: Oti Mabuse Producer: Candace Wilson Editor: Chris Ledgard A BBC Audio Bristol production for BBC Radio 4

This week, Radio 4 is revisiting four episodes of the award-winning music series Add to Playlist, first broadcast in October. Today, Anne Dudley, composer and co-founder of The Art of Noise, and Welsh traditional musician Patrick Rimes join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye as they add five more tracks to the playlist, including a tender but rather unlikely love affair and a New Orleans classic. Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome Weatherald The five tracks in this week's playlist: Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky Hideaway by Jacob Collier Un petit poisson, un petit oiseau by Juliette Gréco When the Saints Go Marching In by Louis Armstrong Ché Ché Colé by Héctor Lavoe and Willie Colón Other music in this episode: Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev O, wie will ich triumphieren by Mozart Night on Disco Mountain by David Shire When All the Saints Come Marching In by Paramount Jubilee Singers

This week, Radio 4 is revisiting four episodes of the award-winning music series Add to Playlist, first broadcast in October. Today, Welsh harpist and composer Catrin Finch and composer and musician Neil Brand help Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye add the next five songs to the playlist. The adventure takes them from the highest of high notes to the deep bass of a Mozart opera. Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome Weatherald The five tracks in this week's playlist: Pájaro Campana by Alfredo Gryciuk, Marcelo Rojas, Ariel Burgos and Martin Portillo Quietly Yours by Birdy Love and Affection by Joan Armatrading Ain’t Got No Home by Clarence Henry O, wie will ich triumphieren by Mozart Other music in this episode: Overture from The Sound of Music by Rodgers & Hammerstein Alfie by Cilla Black Tuvan throat singing Wand'rin' Star by Lee Marvin You're the First, the Last, my Everything by Barry White

This week, Radio 4 is revisiting four episodes of the award-winning music series Add to Playlist, first broadcast in October. Today, Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are joined by trumpet player Laura Jurd and operatic tenor Nicky Spence. Together, with the help of Dr Martin Neary - former Organist and Master of Choristers at Westminster Abbey - they add five more tracks to the playlist, taking them from Jamaica and an early sample in 1985 to a popular religious choral work via experimental indie rock from San Francisco. Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome Weatherald The five tracks in this week's playlist: Under Me Sleng Teng by Wayne Smith À Chloris by Reynaldo Hahn, sung by Susan Graham Whither the Invisible Birds? by Deerhoof Miserere mei, Deus by Gregorio Allegri Alfie by Cilla Black Other music in this episode: Hey, Mrs. Jones by Ramsey Lewis Afro Blue by Melanie De Biasio Air on the G String (Suite No. 3, BWV 1068) by J. S. Bach

This week, Radio 4 is revisiting four episodes of the most recent series of Add to Playlist, which has recently won two major awards: the Prix Italia for Best International Radio Music show, and the Prix Europa for the Best European one. The episodes were first broadcast in October, and today, songwriter, lyricist and musician Richard Stilgoe and Ukrainian-born harpist Alina Bzhezhinska join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye create the playlist of five tracks for the first episode. With each track being chosen for its musical connections to the previous one, this week re-working earlier material emerges as a theme as we head from the Wild West to a Gestapo prison cell. Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome Weatherald The five tracks in this week's playlist: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly by Ennio Morricone Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley Don't Tell Me by Madonna First movement of Symphony No. 3 by Henryk Górecki, sung by Dawn Upshaw with the London Sinfonietta Afro Blue by Melanie De Biasio Other music in this episode: Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf Pastures of Plenty by Woody Guthrie Pastures of Plenty by Peter Tevis Aura Lee by Slim Whitman Stop by Joe Henry Second movement of Symphony No. 3 by Henryk Górecki Afro Blue by Mongo Santamaria Afro Blue by John Coltrane