The Mozart Effect
December 11th, 2007 by Steve BowbrickI’m putting this 2002 programme up not because of the topic (I reckon you know all about the ‘Mozart effect‘ by now) but because it’s really good, satisfying factual radio: Presenter Paul Robertson is leader of The Medici Quartet: he’s enthusiastic and (obviously) knowledgeable.
He interviews a lot of fascinating scientists and musicians - including Oliver “Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat” Sacks - about the music’s effect on listeners and about the catalogue of supposed medical conditions that may have contributed to Mozart’s genius (MP3).
The show’s web page is here, a profile of the composer from the Radio 3 site here and - blimey - the show’s Real stream is still up too (it’ll be five years old tomorrow!). The British Library’s lovely flippy-page Shockwave facsimile of a late Mozart manuscript has loads of music clips and an audio commentary to listen to too - so that’s your afternoon sorted out.