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Peter Hamlyn, neurosurgeon

Michael Berkeley's guest is Peter Hamlyn, the founder and president of the Brain and Spine Foundation, after working as a neurosurgeon for 40 years.

Peter Hamlyn is the founder and president of the Brain and Spine Foundation, after working as a neurosurgeon for 40 years.

He is perhaps best-known for saving the life of the boxer Michael Watson, who suffered a severe brain injury during a title fight in 1991 and was in a coma for 40 days. Peter performed seven brain operations and became a pioneer in the field of sports medicine, campaigning for better care for athletes.

He is now fascinated by how Artificial Intelligence might transform the diagnosis and care of neurological patients.

Peter's music includes Hildegard of Bingen, Berlioz, Handel and Prokofiev.

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Sun 1 Mar 202612:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67

    Narrator: Billy Guy. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolai Malko.
    • Prokofiev – The Decca Masters.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Vis Aeternitatis

    Ensemble: Sequentia. Conductor: Barbara Thornton.
    • Hildegard von Bingen: Canticles of Ecstasy.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (2nd mvt: Un bal)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: Jansons.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ellens Gesang 3 (Ave Maria) D.839

    Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Elly Ameling.
    • Ave Maria Schubert Liede.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 12.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Verdi: Overtures and Preludes: Muti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    La Musica Notturna delle strade di Madrid Op.30 No.6

    Performer: Richard Tognetti. Performer: Timothy Landauer. Performer: Bruce Dukov. Performer: Simon Oswell. Performer: Steve Erdody.
    • Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World (Music from the Motion Picture).
    • Decca.
    • 014.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Benedictus (The Armed Man)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Karl Jenkins: Motets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Fraser T Smith and Future Utopia

    Spiritual Machines

    • Being Human.

Broadcast

  • Sun 1 Mar 202612:00
    BBC Radio 3

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