January 26th is AUSTRALIA DAY, celebrating the land, people, democracy, and culture of Australia. In honor of the holiday, Sunday Baroque will feature Australian soloists and ensembles, including horn player Barry Tuckwell, conductor Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra, and violinist Ray Chen’s new Covid-quarantine home-studio recording, SOLACE. Those are some of the highlights of Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Capel Bond – he was a VERY successful musician and entrepreneur in 18th century England. Born in 1730, he came of age right as the baroque era was waning. Bond was a church organist for his entire adult life, a concert organizer, and a music festival founder. You’ll hear one of the only surviving compositions by Bond on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Venetian painter Marco Ricci was born in 1676, two years before Antonio Vivaldi. And according to some accounts, his paintings inspired Vivaldi to compose his Four Seasons concertos. Vivaldi took it to the next level and paired a Sonnet with each of his Concertos. You can hear a brand new recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and it just might inspire YOU on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Happy New Year! As we turn the page on the year 2020, we’re reviewing some of the interesting recordings released in the old year. We’re also giving one more listen to some of the albums on the 2020 Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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On the last Sunday of 2020, we are continuing to explore the holiday season – you’ll enjoy a Christmas song by a woman born in the 16th century … a contemplative Sonata on one of the Mysteries of the Rosary … and a lively Spanish dance for Christmas night. Those are some of the festive highlights of Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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December 21st is the winter solstice this year. It marks the beginning of winter in the northern hemisphere – the shortest day, and longest night of the year. Many composers explored the characteristics of seasons in their music, and you’ll hear some of their impressions on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Isabella Leonarda was a 17th century Italian musician and nun. Countertenor Reginald Mobley and Agave Baroque recorded some of her music written in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it’s one of the cds on this year’s Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List. You can audition it on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Englishman William Babell was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist well known for skills at improvising, and he was part of George Frideric Handel’s inner circle in London. A new recording on this year’s SUNDAY BAROQUE HOLIDAY GIFT LIST includes a Concerto by William Babell, and you can hear it on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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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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Tenacity pays off. Jeannette Sorrell was a precocious little girl who yearned to play the piano. Her parents kept putting her off, but in third grade, she signed up for free lessons WITHOUT TELLING THEM! As an adult Jeannette Sorrell was eager to have an orchestra gig and to play baroque music … so, she formed her own ensemble! You’ll hear the tenacious musician and her group play a Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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