Chicago native Demarre McGill has been Principal Flute of the Seattle Symphony since 2012. When he started playing flute at the age of 7, he says it immediately “felt so good.” You’ll hear his beautiful artistry playing the 5th Brandenburg Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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This weekend, on the first Sunday of the new year, Sunday Baroque is celebrating with some of the greatest hits of the baroque era. They include one of the Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, a suite by Georg Philipp Telemann that is an international musical buffet, and a bit of summer warmth courtesy of Antonio Vivaldi. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Composers often looked to nature for inspiration, and this weekend you can hear a Concerto that Georg Philipp Telemann nicknamed THE FROGS, and a Concerto that Antonio Vivaldi nicknamed after conch shells. It’s the sounds of summer 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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Viola is an instrument that’s often the butt of silly jokes, and there’s not a LOT of music featuring the viola. One internationally acclaimed viola player has been composing some music to make up for that. She’s also perfectly comfortable adapting violin music for her instrument, and you’ll hear her give a stirring performance of violin music by Johann Sebastian Bach 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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It’s a hectic, noisy world filled with distractions and responsibilities all week long. This weekend Sunday Baroque will help you turn down and tune out the noise with serene and contemplative music of reflection. The offerings include an uplifting motet for 40 voices by 16th century English church musician Thomas Tallis. Enjoy some peaceful sounds on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Harpist Ann Hobson Pilot played in the Washington National Symphony before joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1969. She became its principal harp player in 1980, a position she held until her 2009 retirement. You’ll hear Ann Hobson Pilot play music by Arcangelo Corelli on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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