Stolen Notes

It’s a cold morning in Euston Station in London and professional violinist Min Kym is about to get on a train to Manchester to play a concert. With her is her 300 year old, £1.2 million Stradivarius, one of the most valuable and precious types of violin in the world. More than that, this is Min’s Strad - it fits just right for her, it’s her constant companion across the world, it’s a relationship, a love. Until… it disappears.

Matthew Syed considers what we value and why.

With musician and composer Min Kym; Kathryn Graddy, the Fred and Rita Richman Distinguished Professor in Economics at Brandeis University; Claudia Fritz, researcher at La Sorbonne University, Paris; and Bruce Hood, Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Bristol.

Presenter: Matthew Syed

Producer: Julien Manuguerra-Patten

Editor: Katherine Godfrey

Production Manager: Joe Savage

Sound Design and Engineering: Nicholas Alexander

Theme tune by Ioana Selaru

A Novel production for BBC Radio 4