The United Nations was founded in 1945, and each year that occasion is celebrated on October 24th. In honor of UN DAY, Sunday Baroque is featuring a multi-cultural collection of musical ideas, including some anonymous 17th century Bolivian music … sacred music by Mexican baroque composer … and selections from a cantata by a 17th century Frenchwoman from a brand-new recording. It’s all on Sunday Baroque this week.
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This weekend on Sunday Baroque you can hear some of the talented young musicians who are keeping the tradition of great music alive, including Christian Li, the Australian violinist who turns 15 at the end of this month … and 23-year-old recorder dynamo Lucie Horsch. You’ll hear these and other young virtuosos on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Successful collaborations play an important role in musical history. In the baroque era, there was George Frideric Handel and his fan and patron Charles Jennens, who partnered with him on several oratorios, including SAUL. And there was James Paisible who worked with English playwright and actor Colley Cibbers on his comedy SHE WOU’D AND SHE WOU’D NOT. Those are a couple of the productive collaborations coming up on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Infusion Baroque is a Canadian quartet – they were winners of the Grand Prize and Audience Prize at the 2014 Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition. Back in the late 1990s, Concord Ensemble won the Grand Prize in the very FIRST Early Music America/Dorian Recording Competition. You’ll hear performances by BOTH trailblazing groups on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Venetian violinist Maddalena Lombardini was born into a poor family, and went to study music at a Venetian orphanage as a little girl. She showed talent, and soon she was studying with the famous composer and violin teacher Giuseppe Tartini, which paved the way for her to become a professional musician and launch a successful career as a violinist and composer. You’ll hear music by Maddalena Lombardini AND her teacher on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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There is a yearning musical composition called simply “THE ADAGIO” that’s often played at solemn occasions like memorial services, and it’s been used to convey that mood in some three dozen films. Coming up on Sunday Baroque, you’ll hear that Adagio and other music perfect for quiet contemplation and reflection on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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For some musicians in the baroque era, making music was only a part-time profession … some strategically worked day jobs until they could support themselves in music, some had family wealth that allowed them to be dilettantes, and quite a few women composers in the baroque era were nuns who composed sacred music for their religious communities. You’ll hear compositions by some of these part- time musicians on Sunday Baroque this Labor Day weekend.
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Join Suzanne Bona for a nature walk on a beautiful summer day, complete with songbirds, crickets, cuckoos and nightingales, and a brisk refreshing wind … all expressed in music courtesy of Baroque composers. They’re all here for you on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Vikingur Olaffson is a young pianist from Iceland. He was only 5 years old when he already knew that he wanted to be a concert pianist. Vikingur Olaffson has a broad repertory ranging from the baroque to contemporary music – and everything in between. You’ll hear him play French baroque keyboard music on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff lived from 1873 until 1943. He also taught music, and the woman who is considered to be his last living student recently released a new recording. She’s a 97-year-old pianist who began as a child prodigy, and you’ll hear her perform music by Johann Sebastian Bach from that recording on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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