© 2024 WSHU
NPR News & Classical Music
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Beautiful Music NOW - Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges portrait, 1788
Mather Brown

Today's Beautiful Music features a Sonata for Flute and Harp by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. He was an 18th century French composer and virtuoso violinist, as well as a champion fencer. The performers are flutist Amelie Michel and harpist Sandrine Chatron.

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.