Celebrating the music that special guests cherish and would like to bestow to future generations.
Episodes available:
Indefinitely 
Sat, 31 Dec 11
Duration:
7 mins
Cyndi Lauper: All That Meat - Louis Armstrong/Fats Waller; Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye
Sat, 24 Dec 11
Duration:
8 mins
Julian Lennon: Hey Jude – The Beatles; Saltwater – Julian Lennon.
Sat, 17 Dec 11
Duration:
8 mins
Gareth Malone:Is My Team Ploughing - Housman/Butterworth;Dance To Your Daddy - Nancy Kerr
Sat, 10 Dec 11
Duration:
8 mins
Simon Callow: The Overture/Tannhäuser – Wagner; Die Fledermaus - Strauss
Sat, 3 Dec 11
Duration:
8 mins
Melanie C: I Wish - Stevie Wonder; Eternal Flame - Bangles
Sat, 26 Nov 11
Duration:
8 mins
Ulrika Jonsson: The Grand March/Aida - Verdi; Öppna Landskap - Ulf Lundell
Sat, 19 Nov 11
Duration:
8 mins
Celia Birtwell: What is Life - Kathleen Ferrier; How Sweet It Is – Marvin Gaye
Sat, 12 Nov 11
Duration:
8 mins
John Crowley: River - Joni Mitchell; May You Never - John Martyn
Sat, 5 Nov 11
Duration:
8 mins
Randy Newman:How Green Was My Valley – Alfred Newman;Come Rain or Come Shine - Ray Charles
Sat, 29 Oct 11
Duration:
8 mins
Sue Johnston: The Continental - Rogers/Astaire; You'll Never Walk Alone – Gerry&Pacemakers
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