Feeling Music

What passion cannot Music raise and quell?' asked the 17th-century poet John Dryden in his Ode to Saint Cecilia. Down the ages, music's unique ability to stir our emotions has frequently been acknowledged. Live from Radio 3's pop-up studio at Wellcome Collection caf退, Sarah Walker finds out how and why it moves us with the help of two internationally known authorities on the psychology of music, John Sloboda and Aaron Williamon.

Sarah Walker explores the science behind music's ability to stir the emotions.

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