I want to talk more about the importance of this but this really matters doesn't it. I mean James you've been extraordinarily frank and candid and brave about talking about how music has actually saved your life. And actually you cite a developmental psychologist in your book David Hargreaves who argues that there's something innate in musicIt's very easy. Leonard Bernstein talked about universal grammar. It's bigger than music that's the point about children and music. Whether it's classical or whoever it doesn't make any difference. You see how they innately respond to music. Study after study has shown that it has a dramatic effect on well-being, on discipline, on focus, on literacy,
Intelligence Squared has been producing agenda-setting events for over a decade. During the holiday season we're looking back over that extensive archive to pick out some of our favourite and most enlightening listens. For this episode we revisit 2018 and our event with James Rhodes and Armando Iannucci reflecting on the Transformative Power of Music. The chair was broadcaster, author and leading voice on all things musical, Clemency Burton-Hill.
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