Some busy musicians who also made time to write essays or books to communicate their ideas and philosophies about music to other composers and performers. They include a musician whose composition book has been used in the education of generations of musicians, including Mozart and Beethoven. You’ll hear how some musical authors practiced what they preached on Sunday Baroque this Labor Day weekend.
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Sunday Baroque is taking a Neapolitan holiday to hear music by some of the composers who lived and worked in Naples, Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries. The music is full of energy, passion, and virtuosity. Join Suzanne Bona for a whirlwind Neapolitan tour. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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February is National Bird Feeding Month. It’s said to be one of the most difficult times of the year for birds in the United States to survive in the wild. Sunday Baroque celebrates with baroque music about birds and imitating birdsongs. Highlights include George Frideric Handel’s “Cuckoo and Nightingale” Concerto. It’s this weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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For some musicians in the baroque era, making music was only a part-time profession … some strategically worked day jobs until they could support themselves in music, some had family wealth that allowed them to be dilettantes, and quite a few women composers in the baroque era were nuns who composed sacred music for their religious communities. You’ll hear compositions by some of these part- time musicians on Sunday Baroque this Labor Day weekend.
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