In addition to brilliant VISUAL colors, there can be “color” in music, too. You’ll hear a rainbow of musical colors includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, a suite for trumpet – an instrument whose sound was compared to “the color scarlet” — and music played by a couple of instrumentalists who have the extraordinary ability to perceive music as color. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Masaaki Suzuki is an organist, harpsichordist, and conductor. The Kobe, Japan native became a church organist as a teenager, and pursued his musical studies in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, before returning home to found the Bach Collegium of Japan. You’ll hear Masaaki Suzuki leading his ensemble playing music by their namesake on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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St. Cecilia was considered the patron saint of music and musicians, and her feast day is November 22nd. St. Cecilia day was a very special occasion in 17th century England – with festivals, church services, banquets, and concerts of odes composed especially for the occasion. You’ll hear a variety of music celebrating St. Cecilia on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Every year at around this time, host Suzanne Bona unveils her Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List. They are outstanding recent recordings that are worthy of your consideration for gift giving, and you’ll hear them each week for the rest of the year. You’ll have your first chance to audition a few of her picks on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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