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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A Concerto is usually one solo instrument that’s in the spotlight with an ensemble. Sometimes, a Concerto features more than one solo instrument, and the gang’s all here! You’ll hear a concerto for three oboes, a concerto for 4 violins, and a concerto for SEVEN trumpets on Sunday Baroque.
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William Lawes was a 17th century English composer and musician. He worked for his entire adult life for the English King Charles the first, and even served in the Royalist Army as a personal guard to the King, and lost his life in service. In his lifetime, William Lawes was known for his viol music – you’ll hear some of it on Sunday Baroque this Memorial Day weekend.
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May 18th is Victoria Day, Canada’s official celebration of Britain’s kings and queens, dating back to the reign of Queen Victoria, whose birthday was in May. Canada has many wonderful musical ensembles, and you’ll hear some of the best of the best on Sunday Baroque.
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It’s Mother’s Day! Lots of musical moms have instilled a love and talent for music in their children. You’ll hear some harmonious mother and child collaborations on Sunday Baroque this Mother’s Day weekend.
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The study of acoustics goes back many centuries. Humans have long been curious about the sounds around us – how they’re created, how they travel, and what makes some of them sound pleasant while others sound like noise. Even Baroque era composers played around with acoustics, such as echoes, and Sunday Baroque will highlight some of their efforts.
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April is National Humor Month … and Sunday Baroque will explore music and musicians with a sense of humor, such as Georg Philip Telemann’s Burlesque Overture, which is a musical caricature of the 16th century Commedia dell’arte characters: Scaramouches, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pierrot.
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Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22. It was established in 1970 to bring people together in celebration of our planet and raise awareness about the environment and our need to protect it. Sunday Baroque will stop to smell the flowers and celebrate Earth Day with a musical nature walk.
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It is the season of the holiest of holidays – a time of solemn reflection, hopeful renewal, and reconciliation. The music on Sunday Baroque will include celebratory and inspiring Easter music from the baroque and highlights from George Frideric Handel’s Passover oratorio ISRAEL IN EGYPT.
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