Many of the best known composers from the baroque era in history were from Germany, France, England, Italy, and Spain. This weekend you’ll hear music from Scandinavia … such as Swedish violinist and composer Johan Agrell … Leipzig-born musician Johann Scheibe, who pursued his successful career in Denmark … and Norwegian composer Johann Heinrich Berlin. It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Composer, singer and harpsichordist Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre was a wildly successful musician in the 18th century. She began her lifelong journey in music when she was barely out of toddlerhood, and grew up to be a respected musician. You’ll enjoy one of Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre’s Sonatas on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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March 8th is International Women’s Day, an annual celebration of the achievements and contributions of women in all fields. This week, Sunday Baroque is celebrating the accomplishments of some top-notch women MUSICIANS. They include baroque-era women composers, as well as leading current-day women conductors. Celebrate women in music on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Life in the 18th century was not necessarily a picnic. Medical treatment lacked the modern comforts of anesthesia and antiseptic, and rivers were often used as sewers. But even though 18th century life may have been nasty and brutish, but it wasn’t necessarily short. You’ll hear music by composers who long outlived most of their peers, reaching age 80 and beyond 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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A trio of guitars … a quintet of flutes … an octet of trumpets … and an ensemble of 20 cellos. You can hear these group efforts playing music by an English church musician, a French music publisher, a Bohemian-Austrian violinist Heinrich Biber, and a German organist. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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