Edward Brooke-Hitching The Madman's Orchestra

The bestselling author and former BBC QI Elf takes us on a fascinating journey through the entire history of music. Following on from The Madman’s Library, he lifts the curtain on the strangest episodes from the entire history of music, from the musical secrets of prehistoric monuments to the future of compositions by artificial intelligence. Discover the song of a black hole, which composition requires four helicopters and a string quartet, musical hoaxes, compositions relayed by ghosts, the code-writing of ‘musical cryptography’, the pop songs smuggled past Soviet censors using X-rays and much more.

Talking to Clare Clark