Even centuries after his lifetime, Johann Sebastian Bach’s genius is still revered and his name is synonymous with excellence. This weekend you can hear music by the “Bach of the Lute” otherwise known as German lute player Sylvius Weiss… organist Juan Cabanilles who has been called the “Spanish Bach,” and Francois Couperin who’s been called the “French Bach.” It’s on Sunday Baroque this week.
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During the baroque era in the 17th and 18th centuries, people didn’t have the ability to travel as far and wide as we do today. Anything unfamiliar was seen as “exotic” or “foreign” and could be a source of great fascination and inspiration for baroque era musicians. Georg Philipp Telemann portrayed his impressions of the Swiss, the Muscovites, the Turks and the Portuguese in his FOLK OVERTURE on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Pianist Lara Downes vividly remembers listening to a recording of Glenn Gould playing Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations when she was a little girl. It inspired her to become a professional musician! You’ll hear Lara Downes playing some of the music that inspired her so profoundly – it’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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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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German organist and composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in March of 1685, and every year Sunday Baroque throws a little birthday celebration for the composer. This year, for the first time, it’s a two-part celebration. This weekend is the first installment of the Bach Birthday Bash, and it includes performances by young musicians who love Bach, such as recorder player Lucie Horsch, flutist Brandon Patrick George, and the Catalyst Quartet. It’s the Bach Birthday Bash on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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A fine musical instrument should be played, right? Well, a 1704 Stradivarius violin was stashed away – barely played – for most of its existence. The pristine instrument was awakened from its long slumber, nicknamed the Sleeping Beauty, and purchased in 1995 for violinist Isabelle Faust to use. You’ll hear her play music on it by Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Tenacity pays off. Jeannette Sorrell was a precocious little girl who yearned to play the piano. Her parents kept putting her off, but in third grade, she signed up for free lessons WITHOUT TELLING THEM! As an adult Jeannette Sorrell was eager to have an orchestra gig and to play baroque music … so, she formed her own ensemble! You’ll hear the tenacious musician and her group play a Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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Anna Bon was an 18th century Venetian woman — she was still a teenager when she started working as a musician in the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia. At about the same time she also published her first set of compositions – six flute sonatas that she dedicated to her musically inclined royal patron. You’ll hear one of them on Sunday Baroque this weekend.
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February is African American History Month in the United States. It’s an opportunity to give special recognition to the contributions of black artists, teachers, scientists, writers … heroes and innovators in all fields. Sunday Baroque will highlight and celebrate the work of some outstanding musicians.
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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