Taking it further
Spine-touching
Simon Callow considers why some music can create a physical reaction: what creates that tingle factor?
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If you'd like to discover more about the subjects explored by Daniel Barenboim, our expert Richard Langham Smith has recommended these books:
A Life In Music
Daniel Barenboim, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in music and society
Daniel Barenboim, Vintage
NATO Conference on the Acquisition of Symbolic Skills
Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division by Plenum
Exploring the Musical Mind: Cognition, emotion, ability, function
John A Sloboda, Oxford University Press
Music and Emotion: Theory and research
John A Sloboda, Oxford University Press
The social psychology of music
North and Hargreaves, Oxford, New York: Oxord University Press, 1997
Music in everyday life
Tia Denora, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000
Music: a very short introduction
Nicolas Cook, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998
In addition, you can hear some further debate about this year's Reith Lectures via the BBC website:
Daniel Barenboim appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today on Monday 3rd April to explain his choice of subject. You can listen to Daniel Barenboim talking to James Naughtie. [RealPlayer file]
The Chief Rabbi, Doctor Jonathan Sacks, appeared on Tuesday 4th April's Thought For The Day, taking this year's Reith lectures as his subject. You can listen to Dr Sacks [RealPlayer file] or read the text of his Thought.
If you're having trouble listening, try the BBC's audio help page.
To delve even deeper into the interplay between artists and society, why not sample our suggestions for taking arts further?
Content last updated: 04/04/2006
