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Professor Anthony Kessel

Michael Berkeley's guest is National Deputy Medical Director of NHS England, and children's author Professor Anthony Kessel.

Professor Anthony Kessel has a double life 鈥� or at least two very different roles. As the National Deputy Medical Director of NHS England, he鈥檚 one of the senior leaders responsible for improving the quality of our health services and patient care. He鈥檚 an international authority on public health and played a key role in the NHS鈥檚 response to the Covid pandemic.
He鈥檚 also a writer, with a prize-winning series of detective novels for young adults called Don鈥檛 Doubt the Rainbow 鈥� the most recent is American Mystery. The books are adventure stories and also aim to give young readers insights into how the mind works, and to improve their psychological well-being.
Anthony's music choices include Brahms, Dvo艡谩k, Astor Piazzolla and Chilly Gonzales.

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Music Played

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Oblivion

    Music Arranger: Carducci String Quartet. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Carducci Chill Out Spotify playlist.
    • Carducci Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.

  • Alain Souchon

    Foule sentimentale

    Performer: Chilly Gonzales.
    • Souchon dans l'air (Vol. 1).
    • Universal Music Division Label Panth茅on.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Dance of the Blessed Spirits.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 52.

  • Tom Waits

    Martha

    Singer: Tom Waits.
    • Closing Time.
    • Elektra.
    • 6.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Dvor谩k: Serenades for Strings and Winds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Andrea Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Music Arranger: Angela Morricone. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • The Essential Itzhak Perlman.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Max Bruch

    Kol Nidrei

    Performer: Yuri Abramovich Bashmet. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Yuri Bashmet - The Complete RCA Recordings.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 8.

  • Mishka Stein

    Look At You

    Composer: Joe Grass. Composer: Evan Tighe. Composer: Jules Buckley. Composer: Patrick Watson. Lyricist: Patrick Watson. Singer: Patrick Watson.
    • Wave.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 8.

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