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Deborah Prentice

Michael Berkeley's guest is the psychologist and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, Deborah Prentice.

Deborah Prentice became the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 2023.

She鈥檚 the first American to take on the role, and she鈥檚 leading the university at a challenging time for higher education in the UK, with questions about funding, freedom of expression, student protest, striking academics and even vice-chancellors鈥� pay never far from the headlines.

Before Cambridge, she was Provost at Princeton University, and a professor of psychology, where she focused on the social norms that govern human behaviour and the impact of unwritten rules and conventions. And before that, her first degree at Stanford was in Biology and Music.

Deborah's music choices include Beethoven, Bach, Mussorgsky and Ravel.

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Sun 21 Sep 2025 12:00
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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Snowflakes (The Nutcracker)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Highlights.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53, "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Sony.
    • 5.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Au bord de l'eau (Op.8 No.1)

    Performer: Michel Dalberto. Singer: Barbara Hendricks.
    • Barbara Hendricks: Chansons & Melodies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56: I. Andante cantabile

    • Apex: Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas / Kuusisto.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 1.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Boris Godunov: Coronation Scene

    Music Arranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Singer: Nicola茂 Ghiaurov. Choir: Chorus of Radio Sofia. Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir. Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Karajan A-Z: Mussorgsky - Nielsen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 37.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in C sharp minor Op.131 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Beethoven Around the World: Philadelphia, String Quartets Nos 1 & 14.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ach Herr, la脽 dein lieb Enge (St. John Passion)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245 (Johannes-Passion).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 40.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Sep 2025 12:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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