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Why Music? - Body of Songs Project

Max Reinhardt and Gemma Cairney present music from the Body of Songs project, including live performance with Mara Carlyle, Afrikan Boy, Ghostpoet and Scrufizzer.

Max Reinhardt presents artists including Ghostpoet, Mara Carlyle with Max de Wardener, Afrikan Boy and Scrufizzer performing original compositions from the Body of Songs project, in this special edition live from The Street at Wellcome Trust. He's joined by Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney who curated this innovative project inspired by the organs of the human body, where alternative singer-songwriters explore an organ with the help of experts, to find out how it works and unlock its mysteries and myths. Along the way they ask profound questions about their own lives; about illness and disease, age and suffering. Max will also be speaking to Professor Hugh Montgomery (director of the UCL Institute for Human Health and Performance), who is the expert advisor for this project.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Fri 25 Sep 2015 22:30
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  • Exploring what makes music a vital part of being human.

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Music Played

  • Mara Carlyle

    Follow Me Through

    Composer: Max de Wardener. Performer: Mara Carlyle. Performer: Juice Vocal Ensemble. Performer: Max de Wardener.

  • Mara Carlyle

    Follow Me Through (studio version, extract)

    Performer: Mara Carlyle. Performer: Max de Wardener.

  • Trad

    Goodnight Irene

    Ensemble: Juice.

  • Goldie

    Electric Abyss

    Performer: Goldie.

  • Max Richter

    Sleep (extract)

    Ensemble: American Contemporary Music Ensemble.

  • Afrikan Boy

    Eje Aiye (about Blood)

    Performer: Afrikan Boy. Performer: Bumi Thomas. Performer: Adio West.

  • Sam Lee, Llewelyn ap Myrddin & Liran Donan

    The Nose Song

  • Ghostpoet

    A Plateful of Liver

    Performer: Obaro Ejimiwe.

  • Scrufizzer x Utters

    Play, Pause & Rewind

    Performer: Scrufizzer.

  • Afrikan Boy

    Border Business

    Performer: Afrikan Boy. Performer: Adio West. Performer: Bumi Thomas. Performer: Robbie Pinna.

  • Andreya Triana

    Branches of Life

  • Scrufizzer

    Conquering

    Performer: Scrufizzer.

  • Fela Kuti

    Yellow Fever (extract)

    Performer: Fela Kuti.
    • Yellow Fever / Na Poi.
    • Barclay.
    • 547 026-2.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Sep 2015 22:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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