Bobby Friction

Published: July 29, 2018, 11:30 p.m.

Fist-pumping highs to tear-jerking lows - Bobby Friction from BBC Asian Network finds it all in this week's playlist as he discovers a powerful emotional virus lurking in the music of French composer Claude Debussy but says [spoiler] NO NO NOT NOT NOT NO NO to Dvorak.

Bobby's playlist in full

Bernstein: Candide Overture \nCouperin: Les Baricades Misterieuses (arranged by Thomas Ades)\nDebussy: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (from Children\u2019s Corner) \nDvorak: String Quartet in F AKA "American"\nPurcell: Music for a While (from Oedipus) \nSmetana: Vltava (from Ma Vlast)

Bonus tracks

Ravi Shankar's Raga Piloo \nThe Humma Song from OK Jaanu