Anna Bineta Diouf

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Do you remember the 1988 Bobby McFerrin song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”? The extraordinarily talented and versatile musician’s parents were opera singers – Robert McFerrin Sr. was a regular at the Metropolitan Opera, and his baritone voice was dubbed in for Sidney Poitier in the film version of Porgy and Bess. You can hear Bobby McFerrin Jr. leading the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra while singing one of the cello parts for a Double Concerto by Antonio Vivaldi on Sunday Baroque this week.

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Lara Downes

Playlist 2023-02-26

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Pianist Lara Downes vividly remembers listening to a recording of Glenn Gould playing Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations when she was a little girl. It inspired her to become a professional musician! You’ll hear Lara Downes playing some of the music that inspired her so profoundly – it’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Nokuthula Ngwenyama

Playlist 2022-02-27

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Viola is an instrument that’s often the butt of silly jokes, and there’s not a LOT of music featuring the viola. One internationally acclaimed viola player has been composing some music to make up for that. She’s also perfectly comfortable adapting violin music for her instrument, and you’ll hear her give a stirring performance of violin music by Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Guitar Month

Playlist 2021-04-11

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April is International Guitar Month and Sunday Baroque will celebrate with some inspiring guitar music. The performers include Los Romeros, the so-called “Royal Family of Guitar,” as well as some cheerful 18th century Spanish music played on the baroque guitar, and a phenomenally talented young French guitarist.

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