HALLOWEEN is coming up – and nowadays it’s celebrated with trick-or-treating, haunted houses and ghost stories are popular ways to celebrate. And in ancient times, the occasion was observed as the eve of the new year – a time when the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped. You’ll hear a sneaky, creepy concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, and an ICONIC piece of horror-movie music on a Halloween edition of Sunday Baroque.
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Tokyo-born mandolin player Hideki Yamaya studied in California with John Schneiderman, and later formed a performing duo with his teacher and mentor. In 2021 they released a recording — DUETS FOR BAROQUE LUTE & MANDOLIN. You’ll have a chance to audition some of the music on the recording on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Lutenist Thomas Dunford is the son of two professional musicians who started performing professionally as a teenager. Jean Rondeau heard a harpsichord on the radio as a 6-year-old and told HIS parents he wanted to learn to make that sound, too. You’ll hear the two musicians collaborating on French Baroque music on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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