The Survival of the Symphony Six talks by the composer
Alexander Goehr , Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge, about what musicians have done to music. 5: Let the People Sing
In democratic as well as totalitarian societies, composers have tried to link their music to an ideal of service. But neither Utopian aspirations nor politics are the way for composers to make music central to life.
(Re-broadcast next Sunday on R3) ('Stand Up and Be Misunderstood next Wednesday on Radio 4)
'The Reith Lectures' are printed weekly in the 'Listener'