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Nicky Spence and Heidi Fardell drop in on the Honky Château

Baroque flautist Heidi Fardell and operatic tenor Nicky Spence add the next five tracks with Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye.

Operatic tenor Nicky Spence and recorder player and Baroque flautist Heidi Fardell are the studio guests of Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe. In today's five-track journey they head from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Belgium, a rural French château, a charitable institution in Venice, finishing up in Ireland where the past casts a long shadow.

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

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Spoiler by Baloji
Panis Angelicus by César Franck
Honky Cat by Elton John
Flautino Concerto in C by Vivaldi
The Magdalene Laundries by Joni Mitchell

Other music in this episode:

The Third Man by Anton Karas
Rapture by Blondie
Rocket Man by Elton John

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43 minutes

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  • Fri 6 Jun 2025 19:15
  • Tue 10 Jun 2025 11:00

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