Maya Youssef and Ben Gernon take us to Syria and Hamburg

British-Syrian Maya Youssef - virtuoso player of the Middle Eastern stringed instrument the qanun - and conductor Ben Gernon, join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add five more tracks to the playlist. Starting by the dock of the bay, they travel to Damascus, Hamburg and land on a 1950s familiar pop classic sung by a 14-year-old.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald

Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

(Sitting on) the Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding

The Waves of the Sea by Lena Shamamyan

Mache dich auf! Werde Licht! (Arise! Let there be light!) by Felix Mendelssohn

Blank Space (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift

Why Do Fools Fall In Love by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

Other music in this episode:

Parisienne Walkways by Gary Moore

Sweet Child O’Mine by Guns N’ Roses

Hard to Handle by Otis Redding

Blank Space by Taylor Swift