LA SERENISSIMA – the most serene republic – is a nickname for the Italian city of Venice. It’s also the name of a performing group that specializes in playing baroque era music from that region. Antonio Vivaldi’s works are central to their repertoire, and this week on Sunday Baroque, you’ll hear them perform one of his concertos.
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August is National Water Quality Month – an annual reminder of the need to protect our most precious and vital natural resource. We’ll do our part for the effort with a refreshing stream of water, including flowing water music by George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi’s Stormy Sea Concerto, and a day in the life of the Alster as experienced through the ears of Georg Philipp Telemann. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Monarchies bankrolled a significant amount of baroque era music. And a few royals like Princess Wilhelmine in the 18th century, were hands-on music lovers who composed music themselves! You’ll hear one of Princess Wilhelmine’s Flute Sonatas this weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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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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Sunday Baroque host Suzanne Bona regularly interviews some of today’s most important and interesting musicians. They include rising stars like flutist Brandon Patrick George and countertenor Reginald Mobley … and acclaimed violinists such as Rachel Podger and Julien Chauvin, who have both founded their own musical ensembles. You can hear performances by ALL of these outstanding musicians on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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This Week’s Links How did Pachelbel’s CANON IN D become a wedding favorite? Classical Music for Weddings Trooping the Colour Joseph McHardy – organ/harpsichord/conductor, & Director of Music of HM Chapel Royal Antonio Vivaldi’s “Anna Maria” Concertos First Hour Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Canon & Gigue in D, Il Giardino Armonico (Harmonic Garden), Giovanni Antonini, Teldec
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Francesca Caccini was a singer, lutenist and composer born in 1587 – so she was active as a musician right in the early years of the baroque era that began around 1600. You can hear one of Francesca Caccini’s compositions on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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DANCE music is something many composers are inspired to write – and in the baroque era, dancing was considered an important social skill and a common activity. You can dance your way through Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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