HOUR #1:

When friends invite you to their home, it’s nice to bring along a little gift. Well, when Georg Philipp Telemann finally accepted friends’ invitation to visit Paris, he brought along some musical gifts. Those chamber works have come to be known as his Paris Quartets, and you’ll hear one of them on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

HOUR #2:

There really is “no place like home” … Canadian violinist Angele Dubeau pursued musical training and a performing career that took her all over the world. But in 1997, she went home to establish an all-female string orchestra. They’re one of the groups you’ll hear this week on Sunday Baroque.

HOUR #3:

Although Antonio Vivaldi’s FOUR SEASONS Concertos are well known, they’re not the only musical depictions of the seasons. Vivaldi’s contemporary, Giovanni Antonio Guido, also wrote Four Concertos for The Seasons, and they may even have influenced Vivaldi’s famous works. You can hear for yourself this weekend when Sunday Baroque features Giovanni Antonio Guido’s Autumn Concerto.

HOUR #4:

Canadian violinist James *Ehnes grew up in a particularly musical home -- his father Alan is a trumpet professor at Brandon University and has performed in prestigious orchestras, and his mother danced with a ballet company in Montreal before founding a dance school. James Ehnes is one of the outstanding Canadian musicians you’ll hear on Sunday Baroque as we mark Canada’s Victoria Day holiday weekend.