Some musicians not only devoted themselves to composing, they also made time to write books illustrating their ideas and philosophies. For example, one composer wrote an important book about playing the flute, and another wrote a composition textbook that has been used by generations of musicians, including Mozart and Beethoven. You’ll hear their musical ideas on Sunday Baroque this Labor Day weekend.
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The poet Robert Frost said, “I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” Reynard Burns awakened the creativity and talent of countless students in his 34 years as a public school orchestra director on Long Island. Mr. Burns also plays piano and bass, and is a prolific composer and arranger whose talents and interests span
The Berlin Philharmonic is one of the world’s great orchestras, famous for its performances of music from beyond the baroque era. But in the 1990s, some of its principal players wanted to explore earlier music, too.
They formed the Berlin Baroque Soloists. Hear them, along with one of the Philharmonic’s principal flutists, playing Bach’s Second Orchestral Suite this week on Sunday Baroque.
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There have been some terrific recent recordings, including concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach played by the Belgian early music group LA PETITE BANDE … and a new installment in a years-long series of recordings of music by Antonio Vivaldi contained in an extensive archive in Turin. We’ll audition these outstanding recent releases on Sunday Baroque this week.
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August 15th is the annual celebration of National Relaxation Day – what a great idea! A special day to ease up, calm down, smooth out a few of those rough edges. So sit back and be soothed and uplifted by music that will help you relax on your day off, including RECREATIONAL French chamber music. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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August is National Water Quality Month. It’s an annual reminder of the need to protect one of our most precious and vital natural resources. This weekend you’ll hear flowing water music by George Frideric Handel, a couple of Stormy Sea Concertos, and a day in the life of the Alster River as expressed through music by Georg Philipp Telemann. It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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There’s nothing quite like listening to cheerful music to put you in a good mood. You’ll hear jolly and upbeat music to put a smile on your face this weekend. The happy highlights include George Frideric Handel’s duet HAPPY WE … and a positively chipper flute concerto by Antonio Vivaldi. Sunday Baroque helps you start the week in a great mood!
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Many of the best known composers from the baroque era in history were from Germany, France, England, Italy, and Spain. This weekend you’ll hear music from Scandinavia … such as Swedish violinist and composer Johan Agrell … Leipzig-born musician Johann Scheibe, who pursued his successful career in Denmark … and Norwegian composer Johann Heinrich Berlin. It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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You may or may not be able to pick out a bassoon from looking at an orchestra on stage, but you might recognize the SOUND of the instrument as the gruff grandfather in Peter and the Wolf. Bassoon is a double-reed member of the woodwind family. Antonio Vivaldi composed quite a few concertos featuring bassoon, and you can audition a selection from a brand new recording of them on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider’s musical language is widely varied. She has written intimate instrumental solos, vocal works, chamber music, and large-scale orchestral music. Her music has been performed by major orchestras in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, and New York, as well as by Emerson String Quartet, eighth blackbird, A Far Cry, The Knights, and Roomful of
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