Sunday Baroque allows you an opportunity each week to explore Baroque and early music (written before 1750). Composers such as Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel were the cornerstones of this era, with masterpieces including the Water Music, Royal Fireworks Music, and the Brandenburg Concertos.
Sunday Baroque celebrates the current wealth of recorded repertoire available, with great performances by yesterday's and today's best performers.
Sunday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
HOUR #1 PROMO:
People sometimes think of Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial beginning of Summer. This week, Sunday Baroque will offer a Concerto by Antonio Vivaldi as a reminder that the Spring Season is still with us. It’s just one highlight of Sunday Baroque this Memorial Day weekend.
HOUR #2 PROMO:
We don’t usually think of music as a dangerous or life-threatening career. But one 17th century English musician served his country in the court of Charles the 1st and died in the Siege of Chester. You’ll hear one of his Royal Consort Suites as we remember him on Sunday Baroque this Memorial Day weekend.
HOUR #3 PROMO:
The legendary violin maker Antonio Stradivari also made guitars. Only five of them are known to survive, and only one of them is in playable condition. A recently-released recording features that extraordinary instrument, and you’ll have a chance to hear it this weekend. It’s one of the new releases we’ll be auditioning on Sunday Baroque.
HOUR #4 PROMO:
Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated every note he composed to the “glory of god” – but even Bach occasionally used his music to flatter his earthly benefactors. Bach – and many other musicians – often dedicated individual compositions or volumes of music to specific patrons to gain special favor or audition for a new job. This weekend Sunday Baroque will feature music Bach used to try to butter up one of his would-be sponsors.
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