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Bach Collegium Japan credit Steve J Sherman

Playlist 2022-11-20

Masaaki Suzuki is an organist, harpsichordist, and conductor. The Kobe, Japan native became a church organist as a teenager, and pursued his musical studies in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, before returning home to found the Bach Collegium of Japan. You’ll hear Masaaki Suzuki leading his ensemble playing music by their namesake on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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JMLeclair Gravure de F. Lugi d'après Loir

Playlist 2022-11-13

The Baroque era in history spanned about 150 years – beginning in 1600 and ending in 1750. Over the course of that century-and-a-half, new techniques were developed for playing various musical instruments, and musical ensembles became larger and more varied, and musical forms evolved. To give you some perspective, you’ll hear music composed right at the end of the baroque period on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Jeannette Sorrell credit Sisi Burns

Playlist 2022-11-06

As a little girl, Jeannette Sorrell was so eager to make music that she signed herself up for free piano lessons. The only problem is, she didn’t tell her parents … and she found a unique way to get around the little problem that they didn’t own a piano for her to practice on. You’ll hear Jeannette Sorrell playing a Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach on a real instrument on Sunday Baroque this week!

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Playlist 2022-10-30

Antonio Vivaldi’s flute concerto nicknamed The Night might be more accurately called The NightMARE! Its movements have titles such as “Phantasms” and “The Dream” and its sneaky, creepy sounding slow movements make this one of Vivaldi’s more unusual Concertos. You’ll hear Vivaldi’s ghostly concerto in anticipation of Halloween on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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United Nations

Playlist 2022-10-23

The United Nations was founded in 1945, and each year that occasion is celebrated on October 24th. In honor of UN DAY, Sunday Baroque is featuring a multi-cultural collection of musical ideas, including some anonymous 17th century Bolivian music … sacred music by Mexican baroque composer … and selections from a cantata by a 17th century Frenchwoman from a brand-new recording. It’s all on Sunday Baroque this week.

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Playlist 2022-10-16

This weekend on Sunday Baroque you can hear some of the talented young musicians who are keeping the tradition of great music alive, including Christian Li, the Australian violinist who turns 15 at the end of this month … and 23-year-old recorder dynamo Lucie Horsch. You’ll hear these and other young virtuosos on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Canada Day

Playlist 2022-10-09

Canada celebrates its Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October. This weekend Sun-day Baroque will mark the occasion by featuring Canadian musical ensembles including Infu-sion Baroque, whose new recording VIRTUOSA features music by women composers. We’re thankful for wonderful Canadian musicians on Sunday Baroque this week.

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Colley_Cibber

Playlist 2022-10-02

Successful collaborations play an important role in musical history. In the baroque era, there was George Frideric Handel and his fan and patron Charles Jennens, who partnered with him on several oratorios, including SAUL. And there was James Paisible who worked with English playwright and actor Colley Cibbers on his comedy SHE WOU’D AND SHE WOU’D NOT. Those are a couple of the productive collaborations coming up on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Infusion Baroque credit Danylo Bobyk

Playlist 2022-09-25

Infusion Baroque is a Canadian quartet – they were winners of the Grand Prize and Audience Prize at the 2014 Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition. Back in the late 1990s, Concord Ensemble won the Grand Prize in the very FIRST Early Music America/Dorian Recording Competition. You’ll hear performances by BOTH trailblazing groups on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Maddalena Lombardini

Playlist 2022-09-18

Venetian violinist Maddalena Lombardini was born into a poor family, and went to study music at a Venetian orphanage as a little girl. She showed talent, and soon she was studying with the famous composer and violin teacher Giuseppe Tartini, which paved the way for her to become a professional musician and launch a successful career as a violinist and composer. You’ll hear music by Maddalena Lombardini AND her teacher on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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