Reith Lectures – “In the Beginning was Sound”

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Reith Lectures 2006This year’s Reith Lectures, a fascinating annual series of talks presented on BBC Radio 4, are entitled “In the Beginning was Sound” and given by distinguished musician & composer Daniel Barenboim. The first lecture of the series is available now as an MP3 podcast from here or via the RSS feed here. (As far as I’m aware they keep each one online for a week so grab it while you can, or use the RSS feed to snag it automatically.)

Here’s the schedule for the next episodes:

  1. 7 April 2006 – In the Beginning was Sound
  2. 14 April 2006 – The Neglected Sense
  3. 21 April 2006 – The Magic of Music
  4. 28 April 2006 – Meeting in Music
  5. 5 May 2006 – The Power of Music