Can you imagine the pressure of growing up in the BACH family?? Johann Sebastian Bach carried on a tradition that was nurtured by his father, uncles, cousins, and other ancestors. The musician also had several children who followed in his footsteps, and some achieved great success. You’ll hear music by various members of the Bach family on Sunday Baroque this Father’s Day weekend.
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Johann Sebastian Bach was so important to the baroque era, and so prolific as a composer, that Sunday Baroque devoted TWO Sundays to celebrating his March 1685 birthday! This weekend is part 2 of the Bach Birthday Bash … and highlights include a vibrant performance of one of his keyboard concertos adapted for recorder, and played by a rising young virtuoso. It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Every year on the third Sunday in June, we celebrate Father’s Day. It’s a time to honor dads and the important contributions they make to their kids’ lives. Musically inclined dads often share their love and passion for music with their kids, so we’re highlighting the creative output of a number of musical fathers and their offspring, this weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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When pianist Simone Dinnerstein learned she was expecting her first child, she dedicated herself to learning Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Her self-funded recording of them received huge critical acclaim and gave well deserved attention to her beautiful and sensitive artistry. You’ll hear Simone Dinnerstein playing the aria from the Goldberg Variations on Sunday Baroque this week.
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Masaaki Suzuki is an organist, harpsichordist, and conductor. The Kobe, Japan native became a church organist as a teenager, and pursued his musical studies in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, before returning home to found the Bach Collegium of Japan. You’ll hear Masaaki Suzuki leading his ensemble playing music by their namesake on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Antonio Vivaldi’s flute concerto nicknamed The Night might be more accurately called The NightMARE! Its movements have titles such as “Phantasms” and “The Dream” and its sneaky, creepy sounding slow movements make this one of Vivaldi’s more unusual Concertos. You’ll hear Vivaldi’s ghostly concerto in anticipation of Halloween on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Imagine growing up in the shadow of a successful and famous father like Johann Sebastian Bach?! The musician had several children who followed in his footsteps, and some achieved great success. The most successful was Bach’s second son Carl Philipp Emanuel, whose jobs included playing for King Frederick of Prussia. You’ll hear music by both father and a couple of his sons this Father’s Day weekend on Sunday Baroque.
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German organist and composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in March of 1685, and every year Sunday Baroque throws a little birthday celebration for the composer. This year, for the first time, it’s a two-part celebration. This weekend is the first installment of the Bach Birthday Bash, and it includes performances by young musicians who love Bach, such as recorder player Lucie Horsch, flutist Brandon Patrick George, and the Catalyst Quartet. It’s the Bach Birthday Bash on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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This Sunday is Halloween – the annual celebration of the spooky and scary, with a tradition of haunted houses and ghost stories. In ancient times, it was considered a time when the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped. You’ll hear some scary baroque favorites on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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United Nations Day is this Sunday, October 24th. It’s the annual celebration marking the founding of the UN in 1945. You’ll hear a multicultural collection of musical ideas including some Traditional Norman and Guernsey music, stirring Brazilian sacred music, and a virtuosic Venetian Concerto named for the Mughal Empire. Those are some of the highlights of Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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