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The Schedule

Broadcast: Fridays at 9am, 7 April to 5 May 2006
(rpt Saturdays at 10.15pm).

All the lectures will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 which you can find on:

92 - 95 FM
198 LW
Medium Wave (available in some areas): London 720; Plymouth 774; Hayle (Cornwall) 756; Newcastle 603; Carlisle 1495; Aberdeen 1449; Enniskillen 774; Derry 720; Glasgow 720.
DAB Digital Radio
Freeview: Channel 704
Sky: Channel 0104 (FM)/ 0143 (LW)
Digital Cable TV: NTL (channel 862 or 404) and Telewest (channel 904)
Radio 4 live internet stream

You can download the lecture, listen again or read a full transcript on this website after each broadcast.
Lecture 1 Lecture 1: In the Beginning was Sound

Venue: The Cadogan Hall, London
Broadcast: Friday 7 April 2006, 9am
Repeated: Saturday 8 April, 10.15pm
Lecture 2 Lecture 2: The Neglected Sense

Venue: Symphony Center, Chicago
Broadcast: Friday 14 April, 9am
Repeated: Saturday 15 April, 10.15pm
Lecture 3 Lecture 3: The Magic of Music

Venue: Apollo Saal, Staatsoper, Berlin
Broadcast: Friday 21 April, 9am
Repeated: Saturday 22 April, 10.15pm
Lecture 4 Lecture 4: Meeting in Music

Venue: Pontifical Institute, Notre Dame of Jerusalem Centre
Broadcast: Friday 28 April, 9am
Repeated: Saturday 29 April, 10.15pm
Lecture 5 Lecture 5: The Power of Music

Venue: Jerusalem International YMCA, Jerusalem
Broadcast: Friday 5 May, 9am
Repeated: Saturday 6 May, 10.15pm
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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



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