France’s celebrations of Bastille Day are very much like our country’s Fourth of July festivities – there are big parades, fireworks and boisterous parties. We’re celebrating Bastille Day this weekend with music by a variety of French composers in the years leading up to the Revolution. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Violinist Julien Chauvin is a baroque music specialist who has studied with some of the world’s prominent early music experts, including flutist Wilbert Hazelzet, cellist and viol player Jaap ter Linden and cellist Anner Bylsma. Julien Chauvin has also played in many of the leading European Baroque ensembles AND has founded several period instrument ensembles,
Independence Day weekend features US musical ensembles playing baroque music, including Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks! We’ll hear from Philadelphia, Des Moines, Boston, New Haven, Indianapolis, New York, Boulder, Los Angeles, San Francisco, & Pittsburgh. It’s a celebration of our nation’s birthday from Sunday Baroque.
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Pierre-Francisque Caroubel was born in the middle of the 16th century – he was French violinist and composer who worked for France’s King Louis the 13th Some of Caroubel’s music was included in a famous 1612 dance collection, and Sunday Baroque will feature some of it.
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Mark Kroll is a harpsichord and fortepiano player, a scholar, educator and enthusiastic advocate for early music. He is Early Music America’s 2020 Howard Mayer Brown Award winner for lifetime achievement for his career, which spans more than a half century. He is passionate about music and, especially, the harpsichord and he is an engaging
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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One of the most important jobs in a symphony orchestra is that of the Concertmaster. What exactly are the Concertmaster’s duties and what skills make for an outstanding Concertmaster? Stefani Matsuo became Concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in September 2019, following a competitive audition process that attracted candidates from around the world. Suzanne spoke
The City of Boston is a bustling hub for baroque music – there’s a long history of outstanding musical ensembles there, and there is even a huge early music festival there every other year that attracts top performers from all over the world. Sunday Baroque will highlight some of Boston’s thriving music scene.
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Pat Neely has had a long and varied career as a musician, educator, and administrator. She is also a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, especially in the early music community, and serves as Chair of Early Music America’s IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access) Taskforce.
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Every week on Sunday Baroque you hear composers who delighted 17th and 18th century audiences in Germany, England, France and Italy by familiar names like Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. This weekend, Sunday Baroque will veer off that path to feature baroque music from the Netherlands by 17th and 18th century composers such as Pieter Hellendaal, Jan Sweelinck, and others. They were some of the musicians who helped put the region of the Netherlands on the cultural map.
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