“Baroque Spring” on BBC radio 3
Starts on Sunday 3 March 2013
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Painting by Evaristo Baschenis (1617–1677)
Still Life of Musical Instruments, 1650, oil on canvas
image from Wikipedia
A month-long Baroquefest with live concerts, discussion, masterclasses, comedy and poetry put together to bring alive one of the most significant periods of musical development and discovery. The composer of the week is Handel so expect some opera goodies ( that Rinaldo from the Proms ) as well as harpsichord recitals, Buxtehude from Oxford, Bach orchestral suites from Shrewsbury and a stellar line-up of performers.
You need to go to the BBC radio 3 web site to appreciate all that is going on but there should be something to suit everyone. Enjoy.
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hurrah, great combo. it _is_ spring Eyes! river here is completely melted, Temp ~10C, sailboats out, buds on trees ready to bloom (and i ready to go into hiding)… i took some photos yesterday on my 1hr long walk and spotted people out on tennis courts! and the bbc radio 3 is already getting things started with bernarda fink last wk, now onto more baaaarock weeeee!
Your place sounds lovely Dr T but I’m sorry you are preparing for your annual pollen related hibernation – it must be awful
It’s spring here too – but I’m much further south than you, so I guess we’re cheating down here: it never really was winter. But a baroquefest is fine with me, whatever the weather!
It must be very strange to be not cold all year. How cold can it get in your neck of the woods?
It gets a little bit chilly now and then – there were even a few snowflakes in the air once last week! – but it’s rare that we get more than a few frosty mornings in a row.