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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18th century musician Joseph Boulogne was multi-talented – he was a fantastic violin player, an expert swordsman and horseman – and a gifted composer and conductor. You’ll hear an example of his talents in the form of a chipper selection from one of Violin Concertos! It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Sailors in Venice normally gather every year at this time for a ceremony called the Wedding of Venice to the Sea. They offer prayers of thanksgiving to Saint Nicholas, their patron saint, and hold a symbolic wedding of Venice to the Adriatic, tossing a gold wedding ring into the water and repeating a Latin wedding vow. The King’s Consort recreated the ceremony in music – as it would have been celebrated in 1600 – and you’ll hear some of it on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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