Tunes for Tyrants: Music and Power with Suzy Klein

In this ambitious three-part series, Suzy Klein explores how the power of music to rouse our emotions gave it a crucial role in some of the most turbulent years of the 20th century – from the Russian revolution and the dictatorships of Hitler and Stalin to WW2. "What fascinates me", says Klein, "is music's uncanny ability to stir us up, calm us down – to express every possible human emotion. It bypasses language and reason and aims instead directly for our souls. And that's what makes music so incredibly powerful, and potentially incredibly dangerous."