This Labor Day holiday weekend, Sunday Baroque is featuring some of the hardest working musicians of the 16th through 18th centuries: exceptionally prolific composers including German musician Michael Praetorius who wrote more than 1500 compositions … and Neapolitan keyboard virtuoso Domenico Scarlatti, who created 555 keyboard sonatas. They’ll do the work while you enjoy the holiday weekend.
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There are many important elements in a great movie, including the music! In honor of this weekend’s Academy Awards you’ll hear baroque music you may have heard in various films over the years – from 1979’s KRAMER VS. KRAMER to the 2023 film THE HOLDOVERS. This weekend Sunday Baroque goes to the Oscars.
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Did you know that a baroque era composer – Georg Philipp Telemann – earned the Guinness Book of World Record’s title of “most prolific composer”?? On this Labor Day holiday weekend, Sunday Baroque will celebrate the hard working musicians of the 18th century with a sampling of his thousands of compositions. It’s on Sunday Baroque.
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Georg Philipp Telemann was a highly respected and admired musician. He was an innovator, an educator, and a savvy businessman. And Telemann wrote a record-setting number of compositions. You’ll hear a cross section of Georg Philipp Telemann’s talents on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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In honor of the Labor Day holiday weekend, Sunday Baroque will feature some of the hardest working musicians of the 16th through 18th centuries: exceptionally prolific composers including German musician Michael Praetorius whose created more than 1500 compositions, Venetian violinist Antonio Vivaldi whose varied output included some 500 Concertos, and Neapolitan harpsichord virtuoso Domenico Scarlatti, who composed more than 500 solo keyboard sonatas.
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Georg Philipp Telemann was a highly respected and admired musician – he was an innovative composer, a clever businessman, and an educator who wrote charming musical exercises. Sunday Baroque will explore Telemann’s musical legacy with some highlights by the astonishingly prolific composer.
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