The phrase "fascinating lecture" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it when you are describing a lecture that you found unusually interesting or stimulating. For example, "I attended a fascinating lecture today on the history of ocean exploration."
Then, just when this fascinating lecture has you under its spell, a lifeless play gets in the way.
In a fascinating lecture, Where Is Wagner's Faust, Irmgard Wagnerr (no relation) argues the composer turned away from Faust because it "gave him the creeps".
Would we be shown a couple of tame gazelles then treated to the "Aren't ants fascinating?" lecture, a sure-fire sign of the scarcity of bigger game.
Following Mr. Botstein and the orchestra was like listening to a fascinating lecture read aloud in a monotone: the ideas were compelling, the delivery not.
Not only will this great liberal arts college lose one of its jewels, but the Westchester community will be deprived of hearing the great chamber music literature performed (and explained in a weekly fascinating lecture series).
Listen to Bermudez's fascinating lecture of the study in two parts, Part 1 and Part 2. h/t City Lab.
It's an impressive collection of fascinating lectures.
Although it never sold in anything like the numbers envisaged by Fuller, nevertheless he went on to become highly feted wherever he travelled and talked: his fascinating lectures spanning technology, engineering, environmentalism, philosophy, life and the universe could go on for hours on end.
Hearing Mr. Kwatinetz speak about Hollywood's future can seem like a fascinating college lecture — and, in fact, he teaches a media course at Northwestern University.
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, addressed the issue of Bono's belief in a fascinating 2008 lecture about the place of organized faith in secular society.
Carol Greider delivered a fascinating plenary lecture last night - the tale of telomerase is so thought-provoking! .
