Rachel Barton Pine

Rachel Barton Pine

Playlist 2024-01-28

Rachel Barton Pine not only plays violin, she also plays viola d’amore – an unusual instrument that generally resembles a violin, but has TWO sets of strings: one played directly with a bow, and the other that provides sympathetic vibrations. You’ll hear Rachel Barton Pine playing a Viola D’Amore Concerto by Antonio Vivaldi on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Playlist 2024-01-21

This week on Sunday Baroque, Suzanne Bona share’s performances by some of the talented top-tier musicians she has interviewed for her podcast, such as harpsichordist and conductor Jeannette Sorrell, who founded the period instrument group Apollo’s Fire. Stop by to hear some fascinating world-class musicians on Sunday Baroque this week.

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Playlist 2023-08-27

For their recording PEACE IN OUR TIME, Reginald Mobley and Agave Baroque explored Music of Love and Loss in the Shadow of the Thirty Years’ War. You can enjoy a bit of PEACE IN OUR TIME this weekend – it includes a moving compositions by Johann Christoph Bach — who was Johann Sebastian Bach’s older cousin – and you’ll hear it on Sunday Baroque.

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Playlist 2023-08-20

August is National Water Quality Month – an annual reminder of the need to protect our most precious and vital natural resource. Antonio Vivaldi did HIS part to pay respect to water – he composed SEVERAL Concertos with the subtitle “The Storm at Sea.” … you’ll hear one of them along with some of George Frideric Handel’s Water Music on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Rachel Barton Pine

Since her 1984 debut with the Chicago Symphony at age 10, American violinist Rachel Barton Pine has been a trailblazer. Her musical tastes are broad and inclusive – from the baroque era, through all the major classical and romantic works, to contemporary commissions, and heavy metal – and she’s a seasoned soloist and chamber musician. Rachel

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Playlist 2022-03-20

German organist and composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in March of 1685, and every year Sunday Baroque throws a little birthday celebration for the composer. This year, for the first time, it’s a two-part celebration. This weekend is the first installment of the Bach Birthday Bash, and it includes performances by young musicians who love Bach, such as recorder player Lucie Horsch, flutist Brandon Patrick George, and the Catalyst Quartet. It’s the Bach Birthday Bash on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Rachel Barton Pine

Playlist 2022-03-13

Trumpet virtuoso Alison Balsom is an award-winning musician, including the 2013 Gramophone Artist of the Year, and three-time winner of the Classical Brits. Pianist Lisa Smirnova left her home in the Soviet Union in 1991 and pursued her training international and formed her own ensemble. And violinist Rachel Barton Pine is an international soloist and chamber musician. They are three of the extraordinary women you’ll hear performing on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Rachel Barton Pine

Playlist 2021-07-18

Francesco Maria Veracini was an 18th century violin “superstar” who toured Europe playing for his fans, and turned down opportunities to work for royal patrons because he was so eager to travel and play on his own terms. You’ll hear another violin “superstar” – Rachel Barton Pine — playing one of Francesco Maria Veracini’s ACADEMIC SONATAS on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Rachel Barton Pine

Playlist 2020-01-19

American violinist Rachel Barton Pine has a long list of favorite musical groups, and some of them might surprise you: Metallica, Van Halen and Black Sabbath are just a few. If you attend her concerts, you might even hear her play arrangements of their music on her 1742 Guarneri del Gesu violin. Sunday Baroque will highlight the baroque side of Rachel Barton Pine.

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