John Dowland composed a dance called MY LADY HUNSDON’S PUFFE. Maybe he meant the huffing and puffing of a dancer, or maybe he was making a joke about a patron being a “windbag”? It’s one of the selections on a new recording from the group Ayreheart, and you can hear it on Sunday Baroque while you’re catching your breath this weekend.
Playlist 2016-07-17 Read More »
France’s big Bastille Day holiday is on July 14th. It’s the annual commemoration of the start of the Revolution in 1789. Sunday Baroque will mark the occasion with a variety of French music from the baroque era.
Playlist 2016-07-10 Read More »
As you celebrate the long Fourth of July holiday weekend with parades, fireworks and picnicking, Sunday Baroque will provide accompaniment for your celebration featuring some outstanding musical ensembles around the US. The American ensembles range from coast to coast, including the Baltimore Consort and the Bay Area period instrument group Voices of Music.
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The reigns of various monarchs throughout history have affected serious matters such as wars, political boundaries, and religious expression, but also fashion, art, and literature. Kings and Queens have also influenced music and musicians. King Frederick of Prussia was a huge music lover, and surrounded himself with some of the top musicians of his day. This weekend on Sunday Baroque, you’ll hear music by several of them.
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Sunday is Father’s Day – and to mark the occasion, Sunday Baroque will feature some musical dads and their talented children. Father’s Day also comes on the heels of International Violin Day on June 17th, so in honor of that occasion, too, you’ll hear a harpsichord playing dad and his violinist daughter playing a Sonata by Bach.
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Music Festivals are one of the many highlights of the summer season, and there are wonderful longstanding festivals that feature baroque and early music. They attract performers and ensembles from all over the world so more people can hear interesting music played on unusual instruments. This weekend on Sunday Baroque you’ll get a sample of some of the musicians being featured at upcoming early music festivals.
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As the saying goes, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do …” Some people even adopt a new NAME to fit in with the locals! English composer Henry Butler and Italian born musician Giovanni Battista Lulli are just two who changed their names to match their adopted homes. You’ll hear some of their music this weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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On this Memorial Day weekend, Sunday Baroque will offer music of remembrance and reflection, including selections from a hauntingly beautiful and ancient Requiem Mass included on a recently released recording.
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Many musicians have been immortalized by their fellow creative artists in other disciplines with poems, statues and paintings. British portrait master Thomas Gainsborough used some of his musician friends as subjects and Robert Browning wrote a poem about an 18th c. Venetian musician. Sunday Baroque will feature their music, and their stories.
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International Museum Day is celebrated annually on May 18th, and Sunday Baroque will present some outstanding ensembles that regularly perform in museums, from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to the Metropolitan Museum to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
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