Sunday Baroque

In honor of International Coffee Day, Sunday Baroque has music for everyone who takes their coffee seriously. Johann Sebastian Bach’s Coffee Cantata tells the story of a young woman who loves coffee so much, she refuses...

Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States takes place from September 15th through October 15th. It was initially a weeklong observance established by President Johnson, then expanded by President Reagan as a...

The days are getting shorter, the air is turning cooler, and the colors of the season are beginning to show. For centuries, composers have found inspiration in autumn… from the bustle of the harvest to the beauty of a...

Violinist Stanley Ritchie was a gifted instrumentalist, music scholar, author, and early music expert, and an esteemed teacher and mentor. As a professor of violin at Indiana University, he trained countless top...

Some musicians not only devoted themselves to composing, they also made time to write books illustrating their ideas and philosophies. For example, one composer wrote an important book about playing the flute, and...

The poet Robert Frost said, “I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” Reynard Burns awakened the creativity and talent of countless students in his 34 years as a public school orchestra director on Long Island...

The Berlin Philharmonic is one of the world’s great orchestras, famous for its performances of music from beyond the baroque era. But in the 1990s, some of its principal players wanted to explore earlier music, too...

There have been some terrific recent recordings, including concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach played by the Belgian early music group LA PETITE BANDE … and a new installment in a years-long series of recordings of music...

August 15th is the annual celebration of National Relaxation Day – what a great idea! A special day to ease up, calm down, smooth out a few of those rough edges. So sit back and be soothed and uplifted by music that...

August is National Water Quality Month. It’s an annual reminder of the need to protect one of our most precious and vital natural resources. This weekend you’ll hear flowing water music by George Frideric Handel, a...

There’s nothing quite like listening to cheerful music to put you in a good mood. You’ll hear jolly and upbeat music to put a smile on your face this weekend. The happy highlights include George Frideric Handel’s duet...

Many of the best known composers from the baroque era in history were from Germany, France, England, Italy, and Spain. This weekend you’ll hear music from Scandinavia … such as Swedish violinist and composer Johan...

You may or may not be able to pick out a bassoon from looking at an orchestra on stage, but you might recognize the SOUND of the instrument as the gruff grandfather in Peter and the Wolf. Bassoon is a double-reed member...

Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider’s musical language is widely varied. She has written intimate instrumental solos, vocal works, chamber music, and  large-scale orchestral music. Her music has been performed by...

July 14th is Bastille Day in France – the anniversary of the storming of the bastille in 1789. This weekend Sunday Baroque will feature some of the musicians who were making music in pre-revolution France. That includes...