Harpsichordist and conductor William Christie was born in Buffalo, New York but in his late 20s, he went to France, where he fell in love with French baroque music. In 1979, he founded his baroque music group *Les Arts Florissants, which is still going strong. We’re celebrating William Christie’s upcoming 80th birthday with some of his performances, both old and new, on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Every year at this time, Sunday Baroque host Suzanne Bona compiles a list of the most appealing recordings to give you ideas for your holiday gift giving. She’s kicking off the Sunday Baroque 2024 Holiday Gift List this weekend — and it includes the 4th volume of music by Johann Fasch played by Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare ensemble … and recorder player Lucie Horsch’s new recording in tribute to legendary musician Frans Brüggen.
It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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In addition to brilliant VISUAL colors, there can be “color” in music, too. You’ll hear a rainbow of musical colors includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, a suite for trumpet – an instrument whose sound was compared to “the color scarlet” — and music played by a couple of instrumentalists who have the extraordinary ability to perceive music as color. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Johann Sebastian Bach’s music continues to inspire and influence people even centuries after his time. But who were the musicians Bach admired? Which of his predecessors and contemporaries influenced and inspired HIM? You can listen to some of the music in Johann Sebastian Bach’s library on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Veteran’s Day is coming up at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, when we honor those who have served in the armed forces. You can listen to some Heroic Marches by Georg Phillip Telemann, AND music composed by a soldier who was such an avid amateur musician that he took his viola da gamba with him everywhere, including onto the battlefield. It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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For most of the United States, this is the weekend to set your clocks back an hour. What will you do with your extra hour? How about listening to Sunday Baroque for some musical reminders to reset your clock, including a sonata about Parisian church bells, and a Carillon Concerto? It’s about time that you listen to Sunday Baroque this weekend!
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Nowadays, we celebrate Halloween with trick-or-treating, maybe visiting a haunted house display, or telling ghost stories. This week’s Halloween edition of Sunday Baroque includes a concerto by Antonio Vivaldi that has lots of things that go bump in the night, and an iconic piece of horror-movie music!
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Composer Esteban Salas was an important musician in Cuba during the Baroque era. He was so significant that the Conservatory of Music in Santiago de Cuba was named after him. You’ll hear one of Esteban Salas’ choral compositions, and you’ll hear a performance by a Cuban guitarist who attended the conservatory that bears his name on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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The baroque era was a 150 year period in history – 1600 until 1750 – and it included musicians like George Frideric Handel, as well as other composers of their time such as Frenchwoman Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerr and Andrea Caporale. You’ll hear music by ALL of these talented composers on Sunday Baroque this week.
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October 5th is the annual observance of WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY … when we honor the contributions and influences of teachers. Sunday Baroque will feature some baroque era musicians who were also influential teachers and mentors and a few of the talented students they inspired. We’re celebrating some musical teachers on Sunday Baroque.
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