BBC Radio 4 - Reith Lectures 2006 - Lecture 1: In the Beginning was Sound

"Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm perfectly aware of the great honour to be asked to deliver the Reith Lectures. It is with some slight trepidation that I do that, because I firmly believe that it is really impossible to speak really deeply about music. All we can do then is speak about our own reaction to the music. So maybe the honour is dubious, or maybe the BBC thought it would be very short." BBC Radio 4 - Reith Lectures 2006 - Lecture 1: In the Beginning was Sound