Coming up is the last weekend before Christmas and the beginning of Hanukkah, and you’ll need some festive music for wrapping gifts and enjoying time with family and friends! You’ll hear French Noels, A psalm of praise and thanksgiving by Solomon Rossi, and selections from George Frideric Handel’s bold and beloved oratorio JUDAS MACCABAEUS on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
What are some of your favorite holiday traditions? One ancient Winter Solstice tradition is the presentation of a Boar’s Head that would be paraded around a banquet hall before sitting down to a big feast. Sunday Baroque will feature an ancient holiday tune about the Boar’s Head celebration, and other seasonal melodies to help drive the cold winter away.
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Baroque era musicians were skilled at multi-tasking – they would lead a group playing the music they wrote, while playing an instrument themselves. One thing they could NOT do in the baroque era was to play all the solo parts at the same time. But thanks to technology, contemporary performers CAN, and Sunday Baroque will feature recordings of musicians doing double (or triple) duty as soloist.
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Sunday Baroque celebrates the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend with music celebrating gratitude and feasting, including some of Georg Philipp Telemann’s flagship TAFELMUSIK chamber music series.
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Every year at this time on Sunday Baroque, host Suzanne Bona selects some of the most appealing recordings and creates a list of suggestions for holiday gift giving. Starting this Sunday, and throughout the rest of the year, you can audition some of her recommendations as the Sunday Baroque 2019 Holiday Gift List makes its debut.
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Every year at this time, Suzanne creates a list of suggestions for holiday gift giving. Starting November 24th and continuing through December, you can audition some of those recommendations from the annual Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List.
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Saint Cecilia – the patron saint of music and musicians – is celebrated annually on November 22nd. Many poems were written, odes were composed and festivals were held in her honor, especially during the baroque era, and Sunday Baroque will feature some of the music celebrating Saint Cecilia.
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Most people who play period instruments like viola da gamba and baroque violin start their training using the modern versions of those instruments and ultimately stumble onto their Baroque ancestors. Usually they are adults, often training as musicians in college or working as professionals. But thanks to a unique and groundbreaking program founded by Angelo
On the eve of our country’s annual commemoration of Veteran’s Day holiday, honoring those who have served in the armed forces, Sunday Baroque will offer musical expressions of peace and heroism today – including selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s moving MASS IN B MINOR.
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This is the weekend Daylight Saving Time ends and clocks “fall back” an hour. Sunday Baroque will provide a musical reminder with church bells, carillons and timekeeping compositions to keep you on schedule!
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