Suzanne Bona

5 days ago | wshu.org | Suzanne Bona

There’s been some lovely music composed for Easter, including a brand-new recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s , which he wrote to celebrate the holiday in Leipzig, Germany, in 1725. You’ll also hear a buoyant double trumpet concerto by Antonio Vivaldi, and a charming bouquet of Scottish spring flowers. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

1 week ago | wshu.org | Suzanne Bona

The scope of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio ISRAEL IN EGYPT is the Passover story. Handel premiered it in three sections: The Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph, Exodus and Moses’ Song. When it premiered in 1739, it was criticized for being “too solemn for common ears.” But over time, it has come to be regarded as one of Handel’s triumphs. You’ll hear selections from Israel in Egypt on Sunday Baroque, starting at 7 a.m. on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

2 weeks ago | wshu.org | Suzanne Bona

April is National Humor Month, and Sunday Baroque will celebrate the occasion with music reflecting a Baroque era musical sense of humor. You’ll hear a comic concerto, a wacky French opera about a hideous swamp beast, and musical folly to amuse and entertain you on your all-important day of rest. It’s all on Sunday Baroque this week, starting at 7 a.m. on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

3 weeks ago | wshu.org | Suzanne Bona

Johann Sebastian Bach was so important to the baroque era, and so prolific as a composer, that Sunday Baroque devoted TWO Sundays to celebrating his March 1685 birthday! This weekend is part 2 of the Bach Birthday Bash … and highlights include a vibrant performance of one of his keyboard concertos adapted for recorder, and played by a rising young virtuoso. Plus, we’re serving up his Coffee Cantata, a playful musical ode to caffeine addiction in the 1700s.

1 month ago | wshu.org | Suzanne Bona

Johann Sebastian Bach was born in March of 1685, and every year at this time we throw a little birthday celebration for the composer. And since Bach was SO prolific, the Bach Birthday Bash spans two programs. You’ll hear a selection from his St. Matthew Passion, one of the keyboard partitas, and selections from the ART OF FUGUE. It’s on the first installment of our two-part annual Bach Birthday Bash on Sunday Baroque, starting at 7 a.m. on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream, and at 10 a.m. on 89.9.