Playlist Archives
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Playlist 2021-08-15
Many prominent Baroque era musicians lived long, full lives, some promising musical talents from the Baroque era died quite young. A rising star in Italy – Giovanni Pergolesi – succumbed to tuberculosis at 26. Another Italian talent, Anna Bon, only lived into her late 20s. We’ll celebrate what they accomplished in their abbreviated careers on…
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Playlist 2021-08-08
In addition to the many familiar instruments in a band or orchestra, there are lots of other more obscure instruments, especially in baroque and early music groups. Take “viola d’amore” for example – maybe you’ve never even heard of it, but composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and Antonio Vivaldi used the…
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Playlist 2021-08-01
Dutch violinist Janine Jansen has been fortunate to play on a number of extraordinary instruments throughout her career. Now she is featured in a new documentary about the violinmaker Stradivarius in which she plays a dozen of the fine instruments. You’ll hear Janine Jansen playing music by Bach on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
