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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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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Agave Baroque’s 2021 recording AMERICAN ORIGINALS celebrates Black and Latino composers from Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and the US. You’ll hear Agave Baroque and countertenor Reginald Mobley performing music by an 18th century Afro-Brazilian composer and organist who was the grandson of enslaved people. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Many US Presidents throughout our country’s history have been music lovers, and there’s a long history of prominent musicians performing at inaugurations, state dinners, and other presidential occasions. This Presidents’ Day weekend, you’ll hear a few presidential favorites on Sunday Baroque.
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Since 1994, February has been designated as National Bird Feeding Month. So on this last day of January, as we begin the month-long celebration, here is Beautiful Music to remind you to help out our feathered friends. New York Philharmonic flutist Yoobin Son is featured playing Antonio Vivaldi’s “Goldfinch” Concerto, Op. 10, #3 with violinists
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