Harry Cliff
Michael Berkeley's guest is the physicist Harry Cliff, who works on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, in search of answers to some of the biggest questions in modern physics.
Harry Cliff is a particle physicist working on the Large Hadron Collider 鈥 the huge particle detector buried deep underground at CERN near Geneva. He鈥檚 part of an international team of around 1,400 physicists, engineers and computer scientists studying the basic building blocks of our universe, in search of answers to some of the biggest questions in modern physics.
Harry is also passionate about explaining these mysteries to the widest possible audience. He has curated two major exhibitions at the Science Museum in London 鈥 one about the Hadron Collider, another about the Sun, and his first book was called How To Make An Apple Pie from Scratch, a title which draws on a comment by the astronomer Carl Sagan: "if you wish to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe". His most recent book Space Oddities looks at some of the strange things 鈥 anomalies - that are currently confounding scientists, and transforming our understanding of physics.
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok the Priest
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- Glorious Majesty.
- Warner Classics.
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Nick Keir
Far Down The Line
Ensemble: The McCalmans.- Greentrax.
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Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra (Prelude)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- Santtu Conducts Strauss.
- Signum Records.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (Part 1)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- DG.
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Claude Debussy
Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Debussy: Images, Etudes etc.
- Decca.
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William Byrd
Ave Verum Corpus
Ensemble: Sansara.- Sansara's private recording of a rehearsal which they gave permission to use in.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.2 in C minor "Resurrection" (conclusion)
Singer: Kate Royal. Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection".
- Warner Classics.
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David Bowie
Space Oddity
Singer: David Bowie.- ChangesOneBowie.
- Parlophone UK.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite no.1 in G major BWV.1007 (Prelude)
Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.- DECCA.
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