Interfacing TTGO T-Display with VS1053

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I have built a working internet radio using another display ESP32 display board and a VS1053 decoder board. Now I would like to substitute the TTGo T-Display board into that radio. The problem is with the SPI connections between the TTGO and the VS1053 which I am having trouble under standing. Below is the section of code that shows the connections between the two boards done to the best of my abilities:

// Wiring of VS1053 board
#define PIN_MISO 27
#define PIN_MOSI 26
#define PIN_SCK 25

#define VS1053_CS 33
#define VS1053_DCS 32
#define VS1053_DREQ 36
VS1053 player(VS1053_CS, VS1053_DCS, VS1053_DREQ);

Although the radio boots up, connects to wifi and displays connection data just fine there's no joy in the receiving of stations. All I get is local noise coming through the microphone of the VS1053. I'm sure the problem is in the assigning or the initializing of the pins going between the two boards. Can someone please help?