Professor Sue Black
Michael Berkeley's guest is one of the world's leading forensic scientists Professor Sue Black.
Professor Lady Sue Black is one of the world鈥檚 leading forensic scientists. She says 鈥淚 have never been spooked by the dead. It is the living who terrify me. The dead are much more predictable and co-operative.鈥
Her painstaking work and expertise mean she can work out how people have met their end, and police forces, the Foreign Office and the UN have called on her evidence in countless high profile investigations. She was the lead forensic anthropologist to the British forensic team during the international war crimes investigations in Kosovo and the Thai Tsunami Victim Identification Operation. Back in the UK she provided evidence that helped prosecute Scotland鈥檚 biggest paedophile ring.
She is currently the President of St John鈥檚 College, Oxford, and in 2021 she entered the House of Lords as a crossbench peer. She has just been appointed to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, the highest honour in Scotland.
Sue's music selections include Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn and Elgar.
(Photo: Sue Black. Credit David Gross)
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George Frideric Handel
For unto us a child is born (Messiah)
Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: John Nelson. -
Jeremiah Clarke
Trumpet Voluntary in D major transc Preston
Performer: Simon Preston. -
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Wha Wadna Fecht for Charlie
Ensemble: The Corries. -
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Performer: Wayne Marshall. Orchestra: Aalborg Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Wayne Marshall. -
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Cantata No.147)
Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks. -
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Mist Covered Mountains Of 成人快手
Ensemble: Celtic Fiddle Festival. -
Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides Op.26
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. -
Lathallan School Pipe Band
Highland Cathedral
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George Frideric Handel
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
Performer: Jeremy Filsell.
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Apr 2024 12:00成人快手 Radio 3
- Sun 16 Mar 2025 12:00成人快手 Radio 3
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