Playlist Archives
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Playlist 2021-10-17
Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana was an early 17th century Italian singer, organist, and composer. She went to a convent in Bologna in 1598, where she took music lessons from her aunt, who was the convent organist. Eventually she herself became a nun AND a composer. You’ll hear some of Donna Lucrezia Vizzana’s compositions on Sunday Baroque…
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Playlist 2021-10-10
The title character of Jean Philippe Rameau’s opera-ballet PLATEE is an over-the-top, egotistical swamp beast. It’s the absurd mythological story of mischievous gods playing a mean joke on Platee. A suite from Rameau’s offbeat comic opera is a highlight of Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Playlist 21-10-03
Florentine composer Giuseppe Valentini was a painter and poet, as well as an outstanding violinist and composer. We might know more about him if he hadn’t been overshadowed by other musicians such as Antonio Vivaldi and Arcangelo Corelli. You’ll hear some of Giuseppe Valentini’s lovely music – a concerto featuring FOUR violins — on Sunday…
