Playlist Archives
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Playlist 2026-05-24
This Memorial Day weekend on Sunday Baroque, you’ll hear a luminous 17th-century choral work called Eternal Light, reflective music by a composer who died in military service to his royal patron, plus stirring marches for trumpet and organ. Spend part of the holiday weekend with Sunday Baroque.
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Playlist 2026-05-17
There are so many interesting and obscure holidays … did you know that May 16 is the annual celebration of “love a tree” day! Even better — would you believe that there’s a famous baroque era aria by George Frideric Handel that is a love song … to a tree? OMBRA MAI FU is from…
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Playlist 2026-05-10
The roots of our celebration of Mother’s Day go back to two pivotal people and events: West Virginia mom Ann Reeves Jarvis, who helped establish “Mothers’ Day Work Clubs” to help women learn to care for their children. And abolitionist and poet Julia Ward Howe, whose MOTHER’S DAY PROCLAMATION, implored mothers to unite in promoting…