Baroque Spring

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

.... well i am glad we have that sorted because i wanted to mention that i am enjoying the odd bits of baroque that keep popping up all over and that it does seem to be more than the usual suspects and as Jamiewhall suggests it is being enjoyed on that side of the microphone as well ... [and KD still reminds me of my erstwhile ma in law .... shudders]

[Flosshilde]

Well, when they broadcast Bruckner's Banjo Symphony,

I wasn't referring to Bruckner's banjo symphony (I wasn't aware that he'd written one, let alone 9 - perhaps Scotty knows better), but his 9th symphony (the one written for a large orchestra) performed on banjos - as you seem not to be worried if music isn't performed on the instrument/s it was written for.

[Nick Armstrong]

.... well i am glad we have that sorted because i wanted to mention that i am enjoying the odd bits of baroque that keep popping up all over and that it does seem to be more than the usual suspects and as Jamiewhall suggests it is being enjoyed on that side of the microphone as well ... [and KD still reminds me of my erstwhile ma in law .... shudders]

Agreed (apart from the bracketed bit of course...* )



*Not that I disagree with that... It's just that I wouldn't know, would I... Was she as youthful as KD?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

ah Caliban if you only knew you would ... you would ...

[Nick Armstrong]

ah Caliban if you only knew you would ... you would ...

Interesting. When the mother-in-law gets tough, the tough get continental breakfast??!

or emigrate to the continent, perhaps...

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

[Flosshilde]

Interesting. When the mother-in-law gets tough, the tough get continental breakfast??!

or emigrate to the continent, perhaps...

Short & strong (the espresso coffee) perhaps?

Fat & sickly (the almond croissant)?

Don't know what the sugar lumps in a glass of water could signify.

[Nick Armstrong]

Short & strong (the espresso coffee) perhaps?

Fat & sickly (the almond croissant)?

[vinteuil]

Don't know what the sugar lumps in a glass of water could signify.

... I think they're ice cubes. - cold and hard?

[Flosshilde]

Ah yes.

(but capable of thawing if greeted warmly ?)

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

well the problem is to disguise the poison innit ....

[ardcarp]

Hey you guys; this is all very non-PC. The EM Forum is supposed to be a nice place (as evidenced by peace breaking out between dovers and jamie).

[BBMmk2]

Well I think that this is a wasted oppurtunity by Radio3 to disp;lay what Baroque Music has to offer.

[doversoul1]

Listen Again: archive programmes

This looks rather good.

Listen to the latest Baroque Spring broadcasts, plus archive programmes about major baroque composers and their music.　

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012fwtk/features/listen

Most of it isn’t anything to shout about but this must be good (note the duration. Those were the days…)

Discovering Music: The English Viol Consort
Duration: 1:24:26
Catherine Bott joins Laurence Dreyfus and his celebrated viol group, Phantasm at the 2009 Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music. Here they provide a guided tour of the Golden Age of English viol music, the culmination of which are the Fantasies and In Nomines of Henry Purcell.
Catherine and Laurence offer an illustrated insider's view to this music, explaining the ideas that inspired it and highlighting many of characteristics that define it. They draw on music by Robert Parsons, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Jenkins and William Lawes - all of whom provided the catalyst for the Fourth Fantasia of Henry Purcell.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gqwyq

[Nick Armstrong]

... I think they're ice cubes. - cold and hard?

... and almost completely transparent