Mary-Ann Ochota
Michael鈥檚 Berkeley鈥檚 guest is anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota.
Mary-Ann Ochota is an anthropologist and broadcaster. She is fascinated by what it means to be human and why we behave as we do.
Her work has taken her around the world from the poorest parts of Dhaka and Delhi to the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster zone. She has lived with Yak herders in the high plains of Tibet and sailed across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Closer to home, she鈥檚 written two books about British archaeology, full of tips on how to read the landscape from ancient burial mounds to medieval woodlands.
Landscapes have inspired some of her musical choices 鈥� from the Scottish Highlands to Mount Fuji in Japan.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
3rd Movement of Moonlight Sonata Presto agitato
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion CDA67686.
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Ryan Probert
The Great Wave off Kanagawa and South Wind,Clear Sky (Red Fuji) from Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji
Performer: Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo.- Clement Reords.
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Trad/Ian Cameron (arr. James MacMillan)
O, ch矛, ch矛 mi na m貌rbheanna聽 聯The Mist-covered Mountains聰
Performer: The King鈥檚 Singers.- Signum Classics SIGCD607.
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Khaled
Didi
Performer: Khaled.- Barclay Records 865401-2.
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An excerpt from Bellerman Exercise #101
Performer: Callum Armstrong.- Callum Armstrong Aulos Collective YouTube channel video.
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Cl茅ment Janequin
Le chant des Oyseaulx
Performer: Ensemble Cl茅ment Janequin.- Harmonia Mundi France HMC 901099.
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Georg Frideric Handel
Courante from keyboard suite No.4 HWV HWV 429
Performer: Keith Jarrett.- ECM 1530.
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Billy Joel
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
Performer: Billy Joel.- Columbia COL 473872 2.
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