For about a year and a half George Frideric Handel worked as music director for James Brydges, an enthusiastic music lover who played flute and used his wealth to sponsor his own 24 member orchestra. As the house composer, Handel wrote a dozen anthems for use in the Brydges’ private chapel. You’ll hear one of those so-called Chandos Anthems on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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What does the future hold for classical music? You can hear some young emerging talents who are keeping great music alive, including a 28-year-old French guitarist extraordinaire … a phenomenal 28-year-old American flutist … and a 16-year-old violin virtuoso who made history at age 13 as the youngest person to professionally record Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concertos. It’s the next generation this weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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The story of the Gordian Knot – a seemingly unsolvable problem – comes from the life of Alexander the Great, who devised a clever solution to undo the knot. You’ll hear a musical setting of THE GORDIAN KNOT UNTIED, as well as music pulled from another page in the life story of Alexander the Great, on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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The 20th century was a grand and glorious age of brilliant virtuoso musicians, but what does the future hold for classical music? Sunday Baroque will highlight some of the thirty-somethings who are keeping the tradition of great music alive, including violinist Hilary Hahn, harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani and mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile.
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