Suzanne Bona created her annual Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List, and it’s available on the Sunday Baroque website and Facebook page. You can also audition some of this year’s offerings, including a lively collection of French baroque theatre music. It’s one of the highlights of Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Gratitude is the theme of the weekend, and as you’re cleaning up after your Thanksgiving festivities, Sunday Baroque will provide a sumptuous banquet of music celebrating gratitude and feasting.
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Saint Cecilia is the patron saint of music and musicians, poets and singers. She is celebrated on November 22nd, and many composers wrote music in tribute to her. Sunday Baroque will feature some of those Saint Cecilia odes.
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United Nations Day is celebrated annually on October 24th, commemorating the establishment of the UN. Sunday Baroque marks the occasion with diverse international selections, including baroque music from Sweden and Scotland.
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Music can have many effects, from soothing to cheery to energizing. Music can even be humorous or bizarre! Sunday Baroque will have fun with some over-the-top music, including a burlesque overture, a French opera about a swamp beast, and an extravagant Venetian Concerto.
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In 1669, at the tender age of 20, John Blow stepped into the prestigious job of organist at Westminster Abbey. More than 300 years later, the Westminster Abbey Choir recorded some of John Blow’s Coronation Anthems. You’ll hear two of them on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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The baroque era may have ended in 1750, but despite the centuries since there are still wonderful new recordings of baroque music being released all the time. Sunday Baroque will give you a chance to audition a few of the top recent releases.
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Sunday Baroque will mark this solemn anniversary with reflective and uplifting music, including a magnificent 16th century motet and selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion setting.
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Sunday Baroque celebrates Labor Day weekend with a variety of music by one of the hardest working baroque composers: Georg Philipp Telemann. Over his 86 years, he earned a reputation as a respected and innovative musician, and a composer of record-setting scope.
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“To sing well and to dance is to be well educated,” according to Plato. You can appreciate the joyful sounds of Renaissance and Baroque dance music, including Johann Sebastian Bach’s First Orchestral Suite, which features a variety of popular baroque era dance forms. Feel free to sing and dance along when you hear it this week on Sunday Baroque.
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