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Jeannette Sorrell

Playlist 2020-11-22

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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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Playlist 2020-11-15

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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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Barricades

Playlist 2020-11-08

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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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Bologna, Italy

Playlist 2020-10-25

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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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Julien Chauvin

Playlist 2020-10-11

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When violinist Julien Chauvin was asked to play Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi for a 2020 recording, he called in a favor from a friend and borrowed an 18th instrument crafted in Venice in 1720 – right around the time those Vivaldi Concertos were composed. You’ll hear him perform on that special instrument on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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New Spain

Playlist 2020-09-27

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Santiago de Murcia was a Spanish guitarist and composer – his music was so popular that some of his manuscripts were found in “New Spain” otherwise known as Mexico, in the 18th century. You’ll hear spirited guitar music by Santiago de Murcia, and other composers connected to Spain and Mexico on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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