1987 Reith Lectures - Alexander Goehr

[mercia]

if it's of interest

just stumbled across the 1987 Reith Lectures, The Survival of the Symphony, 6 x 30 minutes, given by Alexander Goehr
available to listen to / download

you have to do a lot of scrolling down to find them

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/rla76/all

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/rla76/all#playepisode122

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/rla76/all#playepisode121

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/rla76/all#playepisode120

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/rla76/all#playepisode119

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/rla76/all#playepisode118

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/rla76/all#playepisode117

numbers are in reverse order. 122 is the first lecture, 121 the second etc.

[Tony Halstead]

WONDERFUL...! I listened to all of them at the time.
I'm now 'nailing my colours to the mast' as I am a committed 'Goehr Fan'.
IMHO the sheer quality and honest integrity of his music will guarantee its survival beyond that of his 'Manchester School' colleagues, Birtwistle and Maxwell Davies.

[Serial_Apologist]

if it's of interest

just stumbled across the 1987 Reith Lectures, The Survival of the Symphony, 6 x 30 minutes, given by Alexander Goehr
available to listen to / download

you have to do a lot of scrolling down to find them

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series...playepisode122

Well worth the effort, (when I get around to it!), so thanks very much for finding this mercia. I hope it sparks a discussion on here.