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Sinatra's The Best Is Yet To Come.
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Ed O'Brien
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I sang in Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in a choir as a kid. The final movement, In Paradisum, is one of the most beautiful, seemingly simple pieces of music. So I’ll have that, please.
Anna Friel
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Weird Fishes by Radiohead.
Patricia Hodge
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One of my favourite songs is Being Alive, from Company by Stephen Sondheim, but it would hardly be appropriate.
Julie Delpy
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Just In Time, by Nina Simone.
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