Some of the top musicians specializing in playing baroque music grew out of collaborations between friends, initially casual projects that gelled into longstanding ensembles. They include bunch of conservatory students forming a period instrument group in 1973, and a huge brass ensemble that needed a big space to practice, so they bartered with a local Chapel. We’re highlighting some friendly collaborations on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Scotland is a place of fascination and magical appeal for many artists, including musicians. You’ll hear Scottish music, as well as baroque music performed by Scottish musicians and ensembles, and music by an outsider who held a fascination for the country on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Music is often said to have healing powers – and music by Johann Sebastian Bach seems to be a particularly effective medicine. Whether we are listening to Bach’s music, or performing it, Bach’s music is good for what ails you. This week we feature the restorative and uplifting effects of music thanks to Johann Sebastian Bach.
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A couple of recently released recordings feature music by Antonio Vivaldi. One is an installment in the VIVALDI EDITION recording series of music from the Turin Archive. The other is an imaginative recording from clarinetist Martin Frost, who selected some favorite excerpts by Antonio Vivaldi and crafted some “new” concertos. You can audition BOTH of them on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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France’s celebrations of Bastille Day are very much like our country’s Fourth of July festivities – there are big parades, fireworks and boisterous parties. We’re celebrating Bastille Day this weekend with music by a variety of French composers in the years leading up to the Revolution. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Independence Day weekend features US musical ensembles playing baroque music, including Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks! We’ll hear from Philadelphia, Des Moines, Boston, New Haven, Indianapolis, New York, Boulder, Los Angeles, San Francisco, & Pittsburgh. It’s a celebration of our nation’s birthday from Sunday Baroque.
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Pierre-Francisque Caroubel was born in the middle of the 16th century – he was French violinist and composer who worked for France’s King Louis the 13th Some of Caroubel’s music was included in a famous 1612 dance collection, and Sunday Baroque will feature some of it.
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Johann Sebastian Bach was not only a prolific composer, he was also a prolific FATHER of 20 children. Several of them were also talented musicians, like their dad, so on this Father’s Day, Sunday Baroque will offer music by Johann Sebastian and some of his highly accomplished musical offspring.
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The City of Boston is a bustling hub for baroque music – there’s a long history of outstanding musical ensembles there, and there is even a huge early music festival there every other year that attracts top performers from all over the world. Sunday Baroque will highlight some of Boston’s thriving music scene.
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Every week on Sunday Baroque you hear composers who delighted 17th and 18th century audiences in Germany, England, France and Italy by familiar names like Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. This weekend, Sunday Baroque will veer off that path to feature baroque music from the Netherlands by 17th and 18th century composers such as Pieter Hellendaal, Jan Sweelinck, and others. They were some of the musicians who helped put the region of the Netherlands on the cultural map.
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