
Angie Hobbs
Michael Berkeley's guest is philosopher Angie Hobbs. Her musical choices include Beethoven, a Latin carol, Rodrigo, Bach, Vaughan Williams and Emmylou Harris.
Angie Hobbs is no ordinary philosopher. Her job takes her to places as varied as cathedrals, airforce bases and merchant banks, as well as frequently to our radio and TV screens. As our first ever Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy, based at Sheffield University, she's determined to ensure that philosophy doesn't remain exclusively in the hands of academics - she wants it to inspire us all to explore the big questions in our lives.
Angie talks to Michael Berkeley about music in Greek philosophy, and about music as solace, as well as a celebration of life and the memory of people and places she has loved. Her choices include a Beethoven movement she considers to be the most beautiful music ever written, a Latin carol and an unusual arrangement of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, as well as music by Bach, Vaughan Williams and Emmylou Harris.
Producer: Jane Greenwood
A Loftus production for ѿý Radio 3.
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Angie Hobbs on the philosophy behind listening to sad music
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.1 in G (1st mvt: Prelude)
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.7 in A (2nd mvt: Allegretto, excerpt)
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. -
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Personent hodie
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks. -
Emmylou Harris
Deeper Well
Singer: Emmylou Harris. -
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis (excerpt)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult. -
Arvo Pärt
Fratres
Orchestra: Magyar Állami Operaház zenekara. Conductor: Tamás Benedek. -
Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd mvt: Adagio, excerpt)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Performer: Marisa Robles. -
Tom Waits
Virginia Avenue
Singer: Tom Waits.
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- Sun 8 Sep 2013 12:00ѿý Radio 3
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