Baroque Spring

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As part of Radio 3's Baroque Spring Tom Service explores the changes in the performance of Baroque music over the last 40 years. From the early days in the 60s and 70s when small groups first started performing this repertoire with historical instruments and performance practice, through to today when the discoveries made by that movement now inform how nearly every professional ensemble approaches these works. Tom talks to some of the early music pioneers from Britain, Europe and America including Christopher Hogwood, Roger Norrington, Reinhard Goebel, René Jacobs, William Christie, Emma Kirkby and Joel Cohen about how they started out and the journey Baroque performance and repertoire has taken over the decades.