While you’re relaxing on the weekend Sunday Baroque will provide the perfect soundtrack of a few of the greatest hits of the baroque era, including Antonio Vivaldi’s lively double trumpet concerto and one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s legendary Brandenburg Concertos.
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John Dowland composed a dance called MY LADY HUNSDON’S PUFFE. Maybe he meant the huffing and puffing of a dancer, or maybe he was making a joke about a patron being a “windbag”? It’s one of the selections on a new recording from the group Ayreheart, and you can hear it on Sunday Baroque while you’re catching your breath this weekend.
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France’s big Bastille Day holiday is on July 14th. It’s the annual commemoration of the start of the Revolution in 1789. Sunday Baroque will mark the occasion with a variety of French music from the baroque era.
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As you celebrate the long Fourth of July holiday weekend with parades, fireworks and picnicking, Sunday Baroque will provide accompaniment for your celebration featuring some outstanding musical ensembles around the US. The American ensembles range from coast to coast, including the Baltimore Consort and the Bay Area period instrument group Voices of Music.
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The reigns of various monarchs throughout history have affected serious matters such as wars, political boundaries, and religious expression, but also fashion, art, and literature. Kings and Queens have also influenced music and musicians. King Frederick of Prussia was a huge music lover, and surrounded himself with some of the top musicians of his day. This weekend on Sunday Baroque, you’ll hear music by several of them.
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