Are you familiar with Francesca Caccini? She was born a composer, singer, lutenist, and poet, born in Florence in 1587 who lived until 1641. Her father Giulio was also a composer and singer. She was prolific as a composer of Beautiful Music, although not all of her music has survived the century. This is soprano […]
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“Ciaconna” is a musical term– that’s the Italian version. In French it’s “chaconne,” in Spanish it’s “chacona,” and it’s “chacony” in English. It is an early dance form, and it is a type of musical composition of variations on top of repeated chords. The Ciaconna by Veronese musician Antonio Bertali (1605-1669) is one of his
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I hope you had a happy and meaningful Thanksgiving. After a big meal, a digestif can be pleasant. So on this day after Thanksgiving, here is some of Georg Philipp Telemann’s TAFELMUSIK (aka Table Music, or Banquet Music) to help your digestion and provide some entertainment. This is a delightful performance of a Beautiful Music
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Every year at around this time, host Suzanne Bona unveils her Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List. They are outstanding recent recordings that are worthy of your consideration for gift giving, and you’ll hear them each week for the rest of the year. You’ll have your first chance to audition a few of her picks on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Today I’m offering you a variety of music of thankfulness by Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Bach, Johann Cruger, Heinrich Schutz, and Henry Purcell. I am grateful for good health, family and friends, music and music lovers like you, and I hope you have many reasons to be thankful, too! Bach Cantata BWV 29
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Today’s Beautiful Music was written long before the baroque era. It’s by an extraordinary, trailblazing woman in the 12th century – Hildegard von Bingen. She was not only a composer of sacred music — she was also interested in philosophy, herbology, biology and theology. This is a serene and expert performance of Hildegard’s music. Hildegard
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Listening to music is itself a gift. It can provide comfort or brighten our mood, it can be a welcome distraction, or be a soothing balm. As a regular listener, we enjoy the music on Sunday Baroque every week. This year’s Holiday Gift List features interesting works, beautifully performed. They include some of your favorite musicians, as well as some names that may be new to you. Whether you choose to add any of them to your library, give them as gifts, or simply enjoy auditioning them each week, We hope you will enjoy discovering these wonderful musicians and recordings with us over the last weeks of 2020.
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California native Lara Downes was already studying piano at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as a 5 year old! She grew up to be a virtuoso player with passionate curiosity and a voracious appetite for interesting music and musicians, captivating projects, and meaningful collaborations, and she refuses to be constrained to a singular definition
I hope you enjoy this Beautiful Music by Johann Sebastian Bach as much as I do. It’s from Bach’s Violin Partita No.2 in d minor, and it is played (expertly) on marimba by Matt Lau. Part of the genius of Bach is his music’s ability to be successfully transcribed for other instruments, as this captivating
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This is the Beautiful Music of a human voice and a cornetto entwined. As you listen, you will hear how these two lines of music blend so completely that it is often difficult to discern them separately. Singer Hana Blažíková and cornetto player Bruce Dickey are the musicians.
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