Hildegard of Bingen

Playlist 2024-01-14

Emmanuelle Haim is an award-winning harpsichordist and conductor … and while she performs all over the world in both roles, she has ALSO founded her own period instrument ensemble. You’ll hear them perform some stirring sacred music written by a 22-year-old George Frideric Handel on Sunday Baroque this week.

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Playlist 2023-04-02

Did you know that April is NATIONAL POETRY MONTH? The Academy of American Poets started the annual celebration to highlight the art form and its place in our culture. You’ll hear poetic music by a variety of composers who were inspired by poetry, and often were themselves poets. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Jean-Philippe Rameau

Playlist 2022-07-31

Life in the 18th century was not necessarily a picnic. Medical treatment lacked the modern comforts of anesthesia and antiseptic, and rivers were often used as sewers. But even though 18th century life may have been nasty and brutish, but it wasn’t necessarily short. You’ll hear music by composers who long outlived most of their peers, reaching age 80 and beyond on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Janine Jansen

Playlist 2021-08-01

Dutch violinist Janine Jansen has been fortunate to play on a number of extraordinary instruments throughout her career. Now she is featured in a new documentary about the violinmaker Stradivarius in which she plays a dozen of the fine instruments. You’ll hear Janine Jansen playing music by Bach on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Princess Anna Amalia

Playlist 2019-03-03

March is Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day is observed every March 8th. Sunday Baroque will feature the work of inspiring women musicians from the baroque era, including Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, who started as a child prodigy harpsichordist, and Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia, who shared a love of music with her big brother, King Frederick.

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