Playlist Archives
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Playlist 2022-01-23
The story of the Gordian Knot – a seemingly unsolvable problem – comes from the life of Alexander the Great, who devised a clever solution to undo the knot. You’ll hear a musical setting of THE GORDIAN KNOT UNTIED, as well as music pulled from another page in the life story of Alexander the Great,…
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Playlist 2022-01-16
The historical period defined as the “baroque era” spanned a whopping 150 years, from 1600 until 1750. Composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi were born in the second half of that vast time period, and lived to about its end. Others thrived in the first half of the baroque era, and although…
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Playlist 2022-01-09
Sunday Baroque turns BACK the clock every week, so as you’re getting used to writing “2022” this Sunday you’ll travel back in time to listen to some of the music from 1722 and 1622. It includes instrumental music by an outstanding Italian violinist who lived in the Jewish Ghetto in Mantua, Italy … and a…