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Mark Kroll

Mark Kroll

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

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Stefani Matsuo

Stefani Matsuo

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

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BEMF Chamber Ensemble

Playlist 2020-06-14

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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Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

Playlist 2020-06-07

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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Poppies

Playlist 2020-05-24

William Lawes was a 17th century English composer and musician. He worked for his entire adult life for the English King Charles the first, and even served in the Royalist Army as a personal guard to the King, and lost his life in service. In his lifetime, William Lawes was known for his viol music – you’ll hear some of it on Sunday Baroque this Memorial Day weekend.

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