French pianist Helene Grimaud has a condition called synesthesia – which means that some of her senses overlap. Numbers and certain musical pitches or keys correspond in her brain with COLORS. You can hear Helene Grimaud playing from the richly-colored palette of Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday Baroque this week.
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In addition to brilliant VISUAL colors, there can be “color” in music, too. You’ll hear a rainbow of musical colors includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, a suite for trumpet – an instrument whose sound was compared to “the color scarlet” — and music played by a couple of instrumentalists who have the extraordinary ability to perceive music as color. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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The school year is back in full swing now, and Sunday Baroque will highlight music by some respected and conscientious musical teachers, mentors and role models.
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