March is Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day is observed every March 8th. Sunday Baroque will feature the work of inspiring women musicians from the baroque era, including Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, who started as a child prodigy harpsichordist, and Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia, who shared a love of music with her big brother, King Frederick.
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National Procrastination Week is celebrated annually at the beginning of March – or whenever we get around to celebrating! Sunday Baroque will mark the occasion with music that was delayed or left unfinished, such as Henry Purcell’s semi-opera THE INDIAN QUEEN.
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Some of the most beloved and familiar baroque music was composed by George Frideric Handel, who was born on February 23rd in 1685. Sunday Baroque will host a festive birthday party with a cross-section of Handel’s music.
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Cuckoos, nightingales and canaries are some of the birds that composers have imitated or immortalized in their music works. There’s even a madrigal about the “Silver Swan, who living had no Note, [but] when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat.” Sunday Baroque will feature baroque music that’s for the birds in honor of National Bird Feeding Month.
The word “baroque” refers to something irregularly shaped, extravagant, highly ornamented, or even flamboyant. And the baroque era in history from about 1600 to 1750 was a time when the music, art and architecture reflected those characteristics in various ways. Sunday Baroque will introduce you to a few baroque techniques including the *intentional* mistuning of strings, a “broken” consort, and a Concerto meant to be played without the use of one of the violin strings.
Chinese New Year is on January 25 this year. The holiday is traditionally celebrated with family over a meal, along with parades and other festivities. You’re not likely to hear music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi at traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, but on Sunday Baroque you WILL hear some musicians and ensembles of Chinese descent performing their music.
Are you still getting used to writing “2020” instead of 2019? This weekend you can travel back 300 years and hear some of the music from 1720, such as a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach, and a Keyboard Suite by George Frideric Handel. You’ll hear few of the greatest hits of 1720 on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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On this first Sunday of the New Year, Sunday Baroque host Suzanne Bona will give you a look back at some of the best recordings of 2019. Her guided tour includes a last chance to audition the Sunday Baroque 2019 Holiday Gift List.
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Coming up is the last weekend before Christmas and the beginning of Hanukkah, and you’ll need some festive music for wrapping gifts and enjoying time with family and friends! You’ll hear French Noels, A psalm of praise and thanksgiving by Solomon Rossi, and selections from George Frideric Handel’s bold and beloved oratorio JUDAS MACCABAEUS on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
What are some of your favorite holiday traditions? One ancient Winter Solstice tradition is the presentation of a Boar’s Head that would be paraded around a banquet hall before sitting down to a big feast. Sunday Baroque will feature an ancient holiday tune about the Boar’s Head celebration, and other seasonal melodies to help drive the cold winter away.
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