Travel is a great way to expand our horizons, and musicians often took advantage of their travels to listen, learn, and copy from their counterparts in other lands. Composers including Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Meder, and Anna Bon were inspired by the music and musicians they heard on their travels . You’ll hear music by some baroque era world travelers this weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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Krishnasol Jimenez is an award-winning guitarist and educator. He’s been fortunate to use a very special instrument to make some of his recordings: the only still-playable Stradivarius guitar. You can hear him play French Baroque music on that extraordinary guitar this weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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Esteban Salas was a Cuban composer of religious vocal music. He was born in 1725 – right near the end of the baroque era – and he worked at the cathedral of Santiago de Cuba. One of his compositions is a beautiful work for 4 voices, violins & bass, and you’ll have a chance to hear it on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Over the years, we’ve learned more and more about composers such as Anna Bon and their music. She was an Italian keyboard virtuosa in the 18th century, who began her musical studies in 1743 at the same Venetian music school where Antonio Vivaldi had taught until only a few years earlier. You’ll hear one of Anna Bon’s keyboard sonatas on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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The historical period defined as the “baroque era” spanned a whopping 150 years, from 1600 until 1750. Composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi were born in the second half of that vast time period, and lived to about its end. Others thrived in the first half of the baroque era, and although they are all considered “baroque” composers, in many cases their lives didn’t even overlap. You’ll hear baroque music from across the spectrum on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Francesco Maria Veracini was an 18th century violin “superstar” who toured Europe playing for his fans, and turned down opportunities to work for royal patrons because he was so eager to travel and play on his own terms. You’ll hear another violin “superstar” – Rachel Barton Pine — playing one of Francesco Maria Veracini’s ACADEMIC SONATAS on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Isabella Leonarda was a 17th century Italian musician and nun. Countertenor Reginald Mobley and Agave Baroque recorded some of her music written in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and it’s one of the cds on this year’s Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List. You can audition it on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Saint Patrick’s Day is coming up on March 17, and Sunday Baroque will include a recording by the Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists and some lilting traditional Irish lute solos.
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