Every week Sunday Baroque turns BACK the clock every week, and this weekend – as we start 2025, you can travel back 300 years to hear music from 1725. It includes one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas and the Easter Oratorio, an Italian cello and flute sonata, and a French suite that entertained King Louis the 14th It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Celebrate the final Sunday of 2024 with Sunday Baroque! Enjoy Christmas cheer and picks from the 2024 Holiday Gift List. Harpist Andrew Lawrence King and Anonymous 4 bring festive tunes from Scotland, Wales, England, and Cornwall, while Tempesta di Mare shines with music by Johann Friedrich Fasch.
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The Christmas carol “Twas in the Moon of Wintertime” is also known as the Huron Carol. It’s a 17th century Canadian Christmas song by a Jesuit missionary who lived among the Huron people. He wrote the lyrics in their native language, and set it to the tune of a traditional French folk song. The Huron Carol is a highlight on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Ophelie Galliard plays an extraordinary cello made in 1737 that’s valued at around 1.3 million euros. It’s been stolen from her not once but TWICE – most recently in September 2024. Fortunately, it’s been found and returned to her both times. You can hear Ophelie Galliard play her beloved instrument on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Harpsichordist and conductor William Christie was born in Buffalo, New York but in his late 20s, he went to France, where he fell in love with French baroque music. In 1979, he founded his baroque music group *Les Arts Florissants, which is still going strong. We’re celebrating William Christie’s upcoming 80th birthday with some of his performances, both old and new, on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Every year at this time, Sunday Baroque host Suzanne Bona compiles a list of the most appealing recordings to give you ideas for your holiday gift giving. She’s kicking off the Sunday Baroque 2024 Holiday Gift List this weekend — and it includes the 4th volume of music by Johann Fasch played by Philadelphia’s Tempesta di Mare ensemble … and recorder player Lucie Horsch’s new recording in tribute to legendary musician Frans Brüggen.
It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Every year at this time, I compile a list of some of my favorite recent recordings to recommend for your holiday gift giving. Now more than ever we need to focus on the things that connect us, the things that bring light and positivity into our lives, and I think these musical selections are a great place to start.
Whether you choose to add any of them to your library, give them as gifts, or simply enjoy auditioning them each week, I hope you will enjoy discovering these wonderful musicians and recordings with me over the last weeks of 2024.
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The final Sunday of the year is the perfect time to revisit some of the best baroque recordings of 2023. Sunday Baroque this weekend will feature some of them, including a new recording of Mandolin Concertos, and another chance for you to audition selections from the Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift list. It’s the year in review on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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It’s all too easy to be stressed out at this time of year. So you can soothe your jangled nerves and chill out with Sunday Baroque this weekend, listening to pastoral baroque music: cheerful and idyllic, and far removed from all the chaos. The music evokes life in the countryside, with shepherds herding their flocks and playing flutes – it’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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In 1746 George Frideric Handel was commissioned to compose an oratorio for a victory celebration. He based the work on the heroic story of Judah Maccabee – the Jewish leader who defended his country from invasion and whose story informs the celebration of Hanukkah. You’ll hear selections from Handel’s heroic Judas Maccabaeus oratorio on Sunday Baroque this week.
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