International Literacy Day is on September 8th. It’s intended to bring awareness to the vital importance of literacy to both individuals and to communities. This weekend you can hear a baroque era violin concerto that was accompanied by a descriptive sonnet … ballet music for a story about a legendary literary villain … and a Mexican baroque era composer’s setting of a text from the bible. It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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The Paris Olympics begin this week, and Sunday Baroque will feature elite musicians engaged in feats of athleticism this Sunday. Highlights include two different composers’ settings of a story ABOUT the Olympics … selections from an opera about the Athenian hero THESEUS … and sonatas dedicated to two other mythological Olympians: APOLLO and MERCURY. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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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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This weekend, on the first Sunday of the new year, Sunday Baroque is celebrating with some of the greatest hits of the baroque era. They include one of the Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, a suite by Georg Philipp Telemann that is an international musical buffet, and a bit of summer warmth courtesy of Antonio Vivaldi. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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A variety of interesting new recordings have been released in 2023, and Sunday Baroque will give you a chance to sample a few of them. We’ll feature a phenomenal German violinist playing music by an Italian baroque composer … a young French guitar virtuoso playing music by Johann Sebastian Bach … and other delightful new recordings. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Pianist Lara Downes vividly remembers listening to a recording of Glenn Gould playing Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations when she was a little girl. It inspired her to become a professional musician! You’ll hear Lara Downes playing some of the music that inspired her so profoundly – it’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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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. For many years the goal has been pretty straightforward: to give you practical guidance and take away a little bit of the stress of getting ready for the holiday season, which can
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February is Library Lover’s Month – an annual celebration of school, public, and private libraries of all types. Sunday Baroque will celebrate Library Lover’s Month this weekend with music by Baroque era composers who not only wrote music, but they also wrote BOOKS about their craft. Check out your favorites on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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