Sunday Baroque

Ruth Slenczynska

Playlist 2022-08-14

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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Jean-Philippe Rameau

Playlist 2022-07-31

Life in the 18th century was not necessarily a picnic. Medical treatment lacked the modern comforts of anesthesia and antiseptic, and rivers were often used as sewers. But even though 18th century life may have been nasty and brutish, but it wasn’t necessarily short. You’ll hear music by composers who long outlived most of their peers, reaching age 80 and beyond on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Bastille Day

Playlist 2022-07-10

France’s kings were huge patrons of the arts and employed terrific musicians to entertain them. They had numerous ensembles featuring the best instrumentalists from France and beyond. This weekend you’ll hear some of France’s most esteemed Baroque era musicians to mark the July 14th Bastille Day holiday. It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.

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Fireworks

Playlist 2022-07-03

Sunday Baroque is marking the Independence Day holiday weekend with baroque music performed by talented US ensembles, such as Bloomington Baroque in Indiana, Tempesta di Mare ensemble in Philadelphia, and San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. It’s a celebration of some of our country’s outstanding early music groups on Sunday Baroque.

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Thames River

Playlist 2022-06-26

June is “National Rivers Month” – an occasion to focus on the environmental health and importance of rivers. This weekend you’ll hear some of George Frideric Handel’s music written to perform on the River Thames, and Georg Philipp Telemann’s music celebrating the Alster River in Hamburg. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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Playlist 2022-06-19

Imagine growing up in the shadow of a successful and famous father like Johann Sebastian Bach?! The musician had several children who followed in his footsteps, and some achieved great success. The most successful was Bach’s second son Carl Philipp Emanuel, whose jobs included playing for King Frederick of Prussia. You’ll hear music by both father and a couple of his sons this Father’s Day weekend on Sunday Baroque.

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wedding flowers

Playlist 2022-06-12

This Week’s Links How did Pachelbel’s CANON IN D become a wedding favorite? Classical Music for Weddings Trooping the Colour Joseph McHardy – organ/harpsichord/conductor, & Director of Music of HM Chapel Royal Antonio Vivaldi’s “Anna Maria” Concertos First Hour Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Canon & Gigue in D, Il Giardino Armonico (Harmonic Garden), Giovanni Antonini, Teldec

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Vivaldi Edition

Playlist 2022-06-05

The VIVALDI EDITION is a recording project of several hundred manuscripts contained in the National Library in Turin, Italy. Some of the world’s top early music specialists have participated. It’s been ongoing for about two decades, and one of the more recent installments features virtuosic bassoon concertos by Vivaldi. You’ll hear one of them on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

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