Music commentator Norman Lebrecht joins Rabbi Dweck to discuss why music moves us like nothing else can, the nature of genius, and how recent technologies like streaming are revolutionising the music world.

Norman Lebrecht is a writer, broadcaster, and commentator on music and cultural affairs, known for his world-renowned classical music blog Slipped Disc and his extensive work for BBC Radio 3. He was formerly a columnist for The Daily Telegraph, an assistant editor of The Evening Standard, and is the author of twelve books on music and the Whitbread Award-winning novel The Song of Names.

This episode is dedicated in memory of Samuel Adwar (Shmuel Ben Yosef) by Lauren and Keith Breslauer.

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Hosted by Rabbi Joseph Dweck

Produced by Ben Weaver-Hincks

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Norman Lebrecht on the meaning of music