Chicago native Demarre McGill has been Principal Flute of the Seattle Symphony since 2012. When he started playing flute at the age of 7, he says it immediately “felt so good.” You’ll hear his beautiful artistry playing the 5th Brandenburg Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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LA SERENISSIMA – the most serene republic – is a nickname for the Italian city of Venice. It’s also the name of a performing group that specializes in playing baroque era music from that region. Antonio Vivaldi’s works are central to their repertoire, and this week on Sunday Baroque, you’ll hear them perform one of his concertos.
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George Washington is said to have loved music, attending concerts and dancing, and encouraging his stepdaughter Nelly’s musical studies. Much later, composers Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland visited the Kennedy White House. So did Igor Stravinsky! And the 80-year-old Russian composer called the Kennedys “nice kids.” In celebration of President’s Day weekend, you’ll hear some of the music and musicians who’ve earned the Presidential seal of approval this weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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Monarchies bankrolled a significant amount of baroque era music. And a few royals like Princess Wilhelmine in the 18th century, were hands-on music lovers who composed music themselves! You’ll hear one of Princess Wilhelmine’s Flute Sonatas this weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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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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Sunday Baroque host Suzanne Bona regularly interviews some of today’s most important and interesting musicians. They include rising stars like flutist Brandon Patrick George and countertenor Reginald Mobley … and acclaimed violinists such as Rachel Podger and Julien Chauvin, who have both founded their own musical ensembles. You can hear performances by ALL of these outstanding musicians on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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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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Many US Presidents throughout our country’s history have been music lovers, and there’s a long history of prominent musicians performing at inaugurations, state dinners, and other presidential occasions. This Presidents’ Day weekend, you’ll hear a few presidential favorites on Sunday Baroque.
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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 Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Harpist Ann Hobson Pilot played in the Washington National Symphony before joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1969. She became its principal harp player in 1980, a position she held until her 2009 retirement. You’ll hear Ann Hobson Pilot play music by Arcangelo Corelli on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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