PSYCHO - Bernard Herrmann's score explored for A-level music students

Rachel Leach is joined by LSO Musicians Maxine Kwok and Rebecca Gilliver to take a detailed look at Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho.  

Hear key passages performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, followed by detailed analysis of a work that is among the set pieces in Edexcel's A-level music syllabus.

00:00 Introduction
03:51 Discussion of string techniques
15:29 Prelude
24:24 The City
26:27 Murder/Shower
30:07 The Cellar
32:22 Marion
34:07 Toys
35:08 Discovery
36:09 Finale

Written and presented by Rachel Leach
Maxine Kwok: Violin
Rebecca Gilliver: Cello
Sir Simon Rattle
London Symphony Orchestra