BBC Radio 3 have been reporting on their Musicians On Call scheme which, as previously reported, sees professional classical musicians playing free concerts in people's homes as part of the BBC's Listen Up scheme. The aim of the programme is to take the music to the homes of people who are unable to make it to concert halls.
Describing the scheme as a "huge success", a Radio 3 spokesman told reporters this week: "People asked for home concerts for a wide gamut of reasons. We had requests for youngsters born with birth defects, children with cerebral palsy or physical deformities and middle-aged people with sight problems or terminal cancer who could not leave their house."
A spokesman for the musicians involved in the scheme, who together will participate in over 100 home concerts, continued: "The musicians told us it has been an incredibly emotional experience for them, to witness people's reactions to the music. Children with cerebral palsy may not be able to communicate easily, but the happy response on their faces said it all."