I think, at the end of next week, I’ll say that Baroque Spring has been a success, but not the way Radio 3 may have intended with all those gimmicks. It has been mostly concentrated on the programmes whose audience tends to be more serious listeners: Afternoon on 3, Radio 3 Live in Concert, Composer of the Week, and Through the Night which has been starting the programme with two hours of a Baroque music concert every other day. To those who are interested in Baroque music but not experts, these blocks of Baroque music have been invaluable for becoming more familiar with the repertoire (I speak for myself).
It would have been good if there had been more information about these rarely performed operas and cantatas but on the whole, I think this has been a good thing. Whether this will make any difference to the current state of Radio 3 is (sadly) another matter.
It would have been good if there had been more information about these rarely performed operas and cantatas but on the whole, I think this has been a good thing. Whether this will make any difference to the current state of Radio 3 is (sadly) another matter.
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