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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You’ve probably seen some of those hilarious online videos of someone’s pet standing at the family piano, pawing at random notes and howling along? Well, composer Domenico Scarlatti was said to have had a cat who strolled across the keyboard and inspired a Sonata nicknamed THE CAT’S FUGUE. You’ll hear Scarlatti’s kitten on the keyboard on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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There’s a terrific recent recording of French baroque music for lute and harpsichord played by a couple of exciting young musicians. You’ll have a chance to audition it, along with another new recording of a phenomenal clarinetist playing adaptations of music by Antonio Vivaldi, on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Boston Camerata highlighted some exceptional musicians on their Nueva Espana recording – composers who were active in Spain as well as Mexico during the baroque and late renaissance eras. You’ll hear Boston Camerata perform music from Nueva Espana on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Have you ever heard of Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana? She was an Italian singer, organist, and composer in the early 17th century. She went to a convent in Bologna in 1598, where she took music lessons from her aunt, who was the convent organist. Eventually she became a nun AND a composer. You’ll hear some of Donna Lucrezia Vizzana’s compositions on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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