In the 18th century, the Concert Spirituel was a French musical society that sponsored a concert series in Paris. In 1988, a new Concert Spirituel was formed to play music from the earlier group’s era. You’ll hear them in a Serenade by a versatile and business-minded French baroque composer on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Easter is a time of spiritual reflection, hopefulness and reconciliation. Sunday Baroque is celebrating with a variety of glorious music illustrating the broadly uplifting and optimistic spirit of this season, including a Sinfonia from one of Bach’s Cantatas, and a page from the Spring Journal by German Baroque musician Johann Fischer. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Johann Sebastian Bach was so important to the baroque era, and so prolific as a composer, that Sunday Baroque devoted two Sundays to celebrating his March 1685 birthday. This weekend is the second of the two-part Bach Birthday Bash … and highlights include a 2022 recording of the Goldberg Variations … one of the beloved Brandenburg Concertos … and some of Bach’s intimate chamber music. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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The International Women’s Brass Conference was established to provide opportunities to support and inspire women brass instrumentalists pursuing professional careers in music. It was founded by some early pioneers in the field, and it’s helped paved the way for musicians like trumpeter Alison Balsom. You’ll hear her artistry on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Sunday Baroque host Suzanne Bona regularly interviews some of today’s most important and interesting musicians. They include rising stars like flutist Brandon Patrick George and countertenor Reginald Mobley … and acclaimed violinists such as Rachel Podger and Julien Chauvin, who have both founded their own musical ensembles. You can hear performances by ALL of these outstanding musicians on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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With Valentine’s Day coming up next week, Sunday Baroque is featuring some talented musicians who met their life partners thanks to their shared passion for music, including the violin playing co-directors of New York based REBEL Baroque Ensemble, and a husband and wife flute and guitar duo based in Canada. Love is in the air on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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This Sunday is LUNAR NEW YEAR – also known as CHINESE NEW YEAR — beginning the Year of the Rabbit. The holiday is traditionally celebrated with family over a meal, along with parades, fireworks, and other festivities. You’re not likely to hear music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and Domenico Scarlatti at traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, but you WILL hear some musicians of Chinese heritage performing their music on Sunday Baroque this week.
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French violinist Florence Malgoire is from a family of professional musicians – her mother is flutist France Gombert, and her father is conductor and oboist Jean-Claude Malgoire. Florence has followed in their footsteps as an instrumentalist, and as a conductor, and founder of her own ensemble, Les Dominos. Today’s highlights include Florence Malgoire playing a Sonata by a French woman born 400 years before her – Elizabeth-Claude Jacquest de la Guerre.
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This weekend, you’ll have one more chance to hear a few highlights from the 2022 Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List including selections from Infusion Baroque’s recording of music by Women composers and Ensemble Amarillis’ recording of the cantata JUDITH by Frenchwoman Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Sunday Baroque is welcoming the new year with some of the greatest hits of the baroque era – including the beloved Harp Concerto by George Frideric Handel … Johann Sebastian Bach’s Third Orchestral Suite with its famous AIR on the G STRING. Start your new year with Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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