Why does music move us?

Published: July 3, 2016, 4:29 p.m.

How can music make us cry?\nWhy does our favourite piece give us the shivers?\nAnd why, when we're feeling down, do we enjoy nothing more than a good wallow in sad music?

Is it something in the music - or something in ourselves?

From Schubert to Stravinsky and Mahler to Miley Cyrus - Tom Service is joined by music psychology expert Dr Victoria Williamson to investigate how music can tug on our heartstrings like nothing else.

Rethink music, with The Listening Service.