The word “baroque” refers to something irregularly shaped, extravagant, highly ornamented, or even flamboyant. And the baroque era in history from about 1600 to 1750 was a time when the music, art and architecture reflected those characteristics in various ways. Sunday Baroque will introduce you to a few baroque techniques including the *intentional* mistuning of strings, a “broken” consort, and a Concerto meant to be played without the use of one of the violin strings.
Chinese New Year is on January 25 this year. The holiday is traditionally celebrated with family over a meal, along with parades and other festivities. You’re not likely to hear music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi at traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, but on Sunday Baroque you WILL hear some musicians and ensembles of Chinese descent performing their music.
American violinist Rachel Barton Pine has a long list of favorite musical groups, and some of them might surprise you: Metallica, Van Halen and Black Sabbath are just a few. If you attend her concerts, you might even hear her play arrangements of their music on her 1742 Guarneri del Gesu violin. Sunday Baroque will highlight the baroque side of Rachel Barton Pine.
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Are you still getting used to writing “2020” instead of 2019? This weekend you can travel back 300 years and hear some of the music from 1720, such as a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach, and a Keyboard Suite by George Frideric Handel. You’ll hear few of the greatest hits of 1720 on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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On this first Sunday of the New Year, Sunday Baroque host Suzanne Bona will give you a look back at some of the best recordings of 2019. Her guided tour includes a last chance to audition the Sunday Baroque 2019 Holiday Gift List.
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As you’re relaxing with your holiday guests (or seeing them off and cleaning up) and getting ready to usher in the New Year, Sunday Baroque will feature some of the beloved music of the baroque era. Kick back with Suzanne Bona and enjoy some of your favorites!
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Coming up is the last weekend before Christmas and the beginning of Hanukkah, and you’ll need some festive music for wrapping gifts and enjoying time with family and friends! You’ll hear French Noels, A psalm of praise and thanksgiving by Solomon Rossi, and selections from George Frideric Handel’s bold and beloved oratorio JUDAS MACCABAEUS on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
What are some of your favorite holiday traditions? One ancient Winter Solstice tradition is the presentation of a Boar’s Head that would be paraded around a banquet hall before sitting down to a big feast. Sunday Baroque will feature an ancient holiday tune about the Boar’s Head celebration, and other seasonal melodies to help drive the cold winter away.
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Baroque era musicians were skilled at multi-tasking – they would lead a group playing the music they wrote, while playing an instrument themselves. One thing they could NOT do in the baroque era was to play all the solo parts at the same time. But thanks to technology, contemporary performers CAN, and Sunday Baroque will feature recordings of musicians doing double (or triple) duty as soloist.
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Sunday Baroque celebrates the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend with music celebrating gratitude and feasting, including some of Georg Philipp Telemann’s flagship TAFELMUSIK chamber music series.
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