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Neil Brand and Matilda Lloyd celebrate the mambo

27 March 2026

43 minutes

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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