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The Presenter: Sue Lawley

Sue Lawley Sue Lawley is one of Britain's best known broadcasters and journalists. Her programme portfolio has always been varied - from current affairs to chat shows. Nationwide and Tonight were the first national television programmes she presented for the BBC - then came general elections, the Nine and Six o'Clock News, Question Time, Wogan and her own interview shows on television.

For 17 years she presented Radio 4's Desert Island Discs and has chaired the BBC's Reith Lectures for the past four. She is a director of the English National Opera.

Sue was born in the West Midlands, studied languages at Bristol University and began her career as a journalist at The Western Mail & Echo in Cardiff and as a sub-editor and reporter with BBC Plymouth.

A mother of two grown children, Sue lives with her husband, a media executive, in London and in Devon.



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The Lectures

Lecture audio and transcripts are available by following the links below.

Lecture 1: 7 April 2006
  • In the Beginning was Sound

  • Lecture 2: 14 April 2006
  • The Neglected Sense

  • Lecture 3: 21 April 2006
  • The Magic of Music

  • Lecture 4: 28 April 2006
  • Meeting in Music

  • Lecture 5: 5 May 2006
  • The Power of Music



  • Find out more about the musical terms used by Daniel Barenboim by taking a look at either Wikipedia's guide to musical terminology or Essentials of Music glossary.
    The Barenboim-Said Foundation has launched a new website for the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    For more about classical music have a look at our quick guide to classical music




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