Playlist Archives
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Playlist 2023-02-05
Agave Baroque’s 2021 recording AMERICAN ORIGINALS celebrates Black and Latino composers from Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and the US. You’ll hear Agave Baroque and countertenor Reginald Mobley performing music by an 18th century Afro-Brazilian composer and organist who was the grandson of enslaved people. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Playlist 2023-01-29
Over the years, we’ve learned more and more about composers such as Anna Bon and their music. She was an Italian keyboard virtuosa in the 18th century, who began her musical studies in 1743 at the same Venetian music school where Antonio Vivaldi had taught until only a few years earlier. You’ll hear one of…
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Playlist 2023-01-22
This Sunday is LUNAR NEW YEAR – also known as CHINESE NEW YEAR — beginning the Year of the Rabbit. The holiday is traditionally celebrated with family over a meal, along with parades, fireworks, and other festivities. You’re not likely to hear music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and Domenico Scarlatti at traditional Chinese…