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Beautiful Music NOW - Leonara Duarte

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Leonara Duarte (1610-c.1678) grew up in Antwerp in a family of Portuguese Jewish heritage. She was steeped in art and music and culture, and learned to play harpsichord, lute, and viol as a girl. Leonara Duarte also composed music. Today's Beautiful Music is one of her seven five-part Sinfonias for viol consort, arranged for brass ensemble and played by Axiom Brass.

Suzanne Bona is the host and executive producer of Sunday Baroque, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show of Baroque and early music which she originated on WSHU in 1987.