Sunday Baroque is welcoming 2026 this weekend with some of the greatest hits of the baroque era. The beloved favorites include an elegant concerto by Antonio Vivaldi featuring the guitar … gentle harp renditions of a couple of favorites by Johann Sebastian Bach … and spectacular FIREWORKS by George Friderick Handel. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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George Frideric Handel was still a young musician when he started composing operas …at around age 21 he completed his third and fourth operas. The music for them was lost over the years, and in the late 1990s some of it was reconstructed in an instrumental suite. You’ll hear some of Handel’s youthful opera music on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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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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Johann Sebastian Bach’s music continues to inspire and influence people even centuries after his time. But who were the musicians Bach admired? Which of his predecessors and contemporaries influenced and inspired HIM? You can listen to some of the music in Johann Sebastian Bach’s library on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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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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Emmanuelle Haim is an award-winning harpsichordist and conductor … and while she performs all over the world in both roles, she has ALSO founded her own period instrument ensemble. You’ll hear them perform some stirring sacred music written by a 22-year-old George Frideric Handel on Sunday Baroque this week.
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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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Sunday Baroque turns BACK the clock every week, so as you’re getting used to writing “2022” this Sunday you’ll travel back in time to listen to some of the music from 1722 and 1622. It includes instrumental music by an outstanding Italian violinist who lived in the Jewish Ghetto in Mantua, Italy … and a beloved oboe concerto by Tomaso Albinoni. Those are a few highlights on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Beethoven once said, “Handel is the greatest composer who ever lived – I would take off my hat and kneel on his grave.” We’re celebrating George Frideric Handel this weekend with some of his most beloved music, including one of his sparkling Suites of Water Music and glorious choruses from his iconic oratorio MESSIAH. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Some of the most beloved and familiar baroque music was composed by George Frideric Handel, who was born on February 23rd in 1685. Sunday Baroque will host a festive birthday party with a cross-section of Handel’s music.
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