Playlist Archives

Playlist Archives

  • John Quincy Adams

    Playlist 2017-02-19

    John Quincy Adams loved music, and when he was courting his wife, they often sang together. One of their favorites was George Frideric Handel’s oratorio THEODORA. You’ll hear selections from it, and other music and musicians celebrated by US Presidents on this President’s Day weekend.

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  • Venus and Adonis, Peter Paul Rubens (1630s)

    Playlist 2017-02-12

    Love and lovers are popular themes for poetry, painting, sculpture, and literature. For Valentine’s Day weekend, Sunday Baroque will show how some baroque composers made beautiful music about lovers and love.

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  • Playlist 2017-02-05

    February is National Bird Feeding Month, and Sunday Baroque will celebrate with baroque music about birds and imitating birdsongs, including cuckoos, nightingales and goldfinches. This program is for the birds!

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