I've just found these three 14-minute talks by Nicholas Kenyon on BBc Sounds, tracing the history of the BBC's involvement in Early Music revival from the 1920s to today.
I've always felt that a 'happy medium' was found in baroque interpretation at any rate, by the generation including Boyd Neel, Thurston Dart, Karl Munchinger, Karl Richter and Neville Marriner, who, to my ears, made the music sound better than the more recent approach, and I've often felt it a pity that this way of playing is underrepresented in broadcasts.
I know that it's politically-incorrect to say this nowadays, but I've always been a foe of political correctness. I think much can be learnt by trying to understand others' views. I haven't yet heard Kenyon's talks.
I've always felt that a 'happy medium' was found in baroque interpretation at any rate, by the generation including Boyd Neel, Thurston Dart, Karl Munchinger, Karl Richter and Neville Marriner, who, to my ears, made the music sound better than the more recent approach, and I've often felt it a pity that this way of playing is underrepresented in broadcasts.
I know that it's politically-incorrect to say this nowadays, but I've always been a foe of political correctness. I think much can be learnt by trying to understand others' views. I haven't yet heard Kenyon's talks.
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