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Playlist 2025-05-25
In the poem “In Flanders Fields” the poet John McRae describes the poppies that sprang up on the World War 1 Flanders battlefields, where so many soldiers lost their lives. Poppies have become a symbol of Memorial Day, and you’ll hear two different composers’ musical depictions of the flower on Sunday Baroque this Memorial Day…
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Playlist 2025-05-18
Italy is known for delicious food and wine, magnificent art and architecture, fascinating history and people … and wonderful MUSIC. We’re going on a whirlwind tour of Italy through its early music, including Isabella Leonarda, who lived in her entire life in her hometown of Novara … Neapolitan church musician Leonardo Leo … and 17th…
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Playlist 2025-05-11
19th century minister Henry Ward Beecher said, “The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.” For some musicians, the mother’s TALENT was also the child’s classroom, where they first learned to play musical instruments and experienced the joys of making music. This Mother’s Day weekend you’ll hear performances by some musical moms and their talented offspring.…