Imagine growing up in the shadow of a successful and famous father like Johann Sebastian Bach?! The musician had several children who followed in his footsteps, and some achieved great success. The most successful was Bach’s second son Carl Philipp Emanuel, whose jobs included playing for King Frederick of Prussia. You’ll hear music by both father and a couple of his sons this Father’s Day weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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Every year on the third Sunday in June, we celebrate Father’s Day. In the baroque era, music was often a family business, passed along from fathers to their children. Sunday Baroque will celebrate some of those musical fathers and their talented offspring, including a father and daughter performance of a sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach, and a Sonata by his son Carl Philip Emanuel on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Johann Sebastian Bach was not only a prolific composer, he was also a prolific FATHER of 20 children. Several of them were also talented musicians, like their dad, so on this Father’s Day, Sunday Baroque will offer music by Johann Sebastian and some of his highly accomplished musical offspring.
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Every year on the third Sunday in June, we celebrate Father’s Day. In the baroque era, music was often a family business, passed along from fathers to their children. Sunday Baroque will celebrate some of those musical fathers and their talented offspring.
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It’s Father’s Day, and Sunday Baroque will introduce you to some musical dads and their talented offspring, including organist Johann Pachelbel and his son Charles, trumpeter Maurice Andre and his son Lionel, and composer Alessandro Scarlatti and his son Domenico.
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Sonora Smart Dodd introduced the idea of Father’s Day about a century ago, and her modest proposal grew into a permanent national observance of the occasion on the third Sunday in June every year. This weekend on Sunday Baroque you’ll hear music by a variety of proud musical fathers and their talented offspring.
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