This Independence Day weekend, as our nation marks America 250, Sunday Baroque features performances by outstanding American ensembles. You’ll hear Cleveland’s Baroque orchestra, Apollo’s Fire… New York’s celebrated Orpheus Chamber Orchestra… and a brass ensemble from Boulder, Colorado.
And because it is the Fourth of July, we’ll also feature some dazzling Fireworks!
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In the 1920s a treasure trove of Antonio Vivaldi’s music was discovered in a monastery near Turin. Eventually, it was transferred to Turin’s National University Library, and in the year 2000, an ambitious project called THE VIVALDI EDITION was launched to record all of those manuscripts. It’s still going on, and you can hear selection from the most recent release in the series on Sunday Baroque this week.
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The summer solstice is on Sunday, June 21st – so this will be the first Sunday of Summer AND Father’s Day! You’ll hear Antonio Vivaldi’s peppy SUMMER CONCERTO from the Four Seasons played by an ensemble that includes Dutch keyboard player and two of his talented children on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Every year on June 14th the United States commemorates the adoption of our flag in 1777 — that was only a few years after the baroque era in history ended. We’re celebrating Flag Day on Sunday Baroque featuring a few top ensembles from across the US playing music from during the lifetime of our Founders. It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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What does it mean to be a trailblazer? A trailblazing musician can be someone who experiments with unusual techniques on a musical instrument … or maybe it’s a young woman who follows her passion for music from inside the walls of a convent in 17th century Italy. You’ll hear music by these trailblazers on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Italy was an important cultural center even during the baroque era. Not only were there outstanding composers and instrumentalists, it’s also where the most extraordinary stringed instruments were made – instruments that are still considered the cream of the crop. You’ll hear a virtuosic baroque Cello Concerto played on an extraordinary instrument made in 1737. It’s featured on Sunday Baroque this week.
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This Memorial Day weekend on Sunday Baroque, you’ll hear a luminous 17th-century choral work called Eternal Light, reflective music by a composer who died in military service to his royal patron, plus stirring marches for trumpet and organ.
Spend part of the holiday weekend with Sunday Baroque.
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There are so many interesting and obscure holidays … did you know that May 16 is the annual celebration of “love a tree” day! Even better — would you believe that there’s a famous baroque era aria by George Frideric Handel that is a love song … to a tree? OMBRA MAI FU is from Handel’s opera XERXES, and it’s one of the highlights on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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The roots of our celebration of Mother’s Day go back to two pivotal people and events: West Virginia mom Ann Reeves Jarvis, who helped establish “Mothers’ Day Work Clubs” to help women learn to care for their children. And abolitionist and poet Julia Ward Howe, whose MOTHER’S DAY PROCLAMATION, implored mothers to unite in promoting peace. You’ll hear musical moms and their talented kids on Sunday Baroque this week.
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The largest chamber music competition in the world is based in South Bend, Indiana and was founded by a music loving furniture salesman in 1973. The Fischoff National Chamber Music Association is a comprehensive organization that helps to launch the careers of young emerging chamber musicians, and supports grassroots musical education and outreach. Not only
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