classical music highlights

Over the years, we’ve learned more and more about composers such as Anna Bon and their music. She was an Italian keyboard virtuosa in the 18th century, who began her musical studies in 1743 at the same Venetian music school where Antonio Vivaldi had taught until only a few years earlier. You’ll hear one of Anna Bon’s keyboard sonatas on Sunday Baroque this weekend.

Our music tonight includes works by two composers who found a new world of inspiration in Bali and Fiji: Colin McPhee and Michael Torke.

Rick Sowash included his impression of the view from the top of the Carew Tower in his Clarinet Concerto.

Joaquim Raff will lure us into the woods during our music this evening with his Symphony No. 3, In the Forest.

Michael Torke creates music that will give your spirit a lift, starting with the title, Bliss for Wind Ensemble.

We’ll travel to Venezuela’s iconic Alta Plana during our music this evening with an impression of Noon on the Plain by Antonio Estvez.

Contemporary composer Johan Ullen gives Bach an update with his “recomposed” arrangement of the Violin Concerto BWV 1042 during our music today.

Michael Tippett was inspired by the romanticism of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 to create his own Romantic concerto.

We’ll hear what Spring sounds like in Buenos Aires during our music today, with an impression by Astor Piazzolla, inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.