Playlist Archives
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Playlist 2024-08-04
The annual TWINS DAYS FESTIVAL is taking place this weekend in Twinsburg, Ohio. The three day extravaganza highlights the uniqueness of twins and others of multiple birth. This weekend you’ll hear a suite from a baroque opera about mythological twins CASTOR AND POLLUX, as well as performances by some musicians who are twins. It’s on…
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Playlist 2024-07-28
The Paris Olympics begin this week, and Sunday Baroque will feature elite musicians engaged in feats of athleticism this Sunday. Highlights include two different composers’ settings of a story ABOUT the Olympics … selections from an opera about the Athenian hero THESEUS … and sonatas dedicated to two other mythological Olympians: APOLLO and MERCURY. It’s…
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Playlist 2024-07-21
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 aesthetics in various ways. You’ll hear music that shows off some of baroque extravagances on Sunday Baroque this weekend.