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Anna’s Baroque Bon Bons

Anna’s Baroque Bon Bons delves into the tales of the musicians, patrons, composers and instruments of the Baroque period. From the esteemed Handel having his life saved by his jacket button while duelling to the latest discoveries of Baroque scores in dusty attics. Each weekly Bon Bon is accompanied by a piece of Baroque music which ties in with the story.

Anna is a music teacher and freelance lecturer. She plays the harpsichord and has a fascination for all that is Baroque.
Weekly English South Africa TV & Film
506 Episodes
460 – 480

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 27 December 2016

A Venetian Cleopatra. TRACK: Sartorio’s Gulia Cesare In Egitto. “ Non Voglio Amar” and “Quadno Vogli". ARTIST: Anna Prohaska, Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini. PUBLISHER: Serpent & Fire: Arias for Dido & Cleopatra, 2015 Alpha Classics
27 Dec 2016 7 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 20 December 2016

Graupner’s Dido. TRACK: “Agitato da tempeste” from Graupner’s Dido, Königin von Karthago. ARTIST: Anna Prohaska, Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini. PUBLISHER: Serpent & Fire: Arias for Dido & Cleopatra, 2015 Alpha Classics.
20 Dec 2016 4 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 13 December 2016

“Louis, Gift of God”. TRACK: Kyrie from the Mass for the Birth of Louis XIV. ARTIST: Galilei Consort under Benjamin Chenier. PUBLISHER: Alpha Music 2015
13 Dec 2016 7 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 29 November 2016

The troubled Forqueray Family. TRACK: “La Portugaise” from the First Suite by Jean-Baptiste Forqueray. ARTIST: Justin Taylor (harpsichord). PUBLISHER: Alpha Classics 2016
29 Nov 2016 5 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 15 November 2016

A visit to the Underworld. TRACK: Monteverdi: L’Orfeo Toccata and “Lasciate I Monti”. ARTIST: Charles Medlam conducts the London Baroque and Chiaroscuro. PUBLISHER: EMI 1984.
15 Nov 2016 6 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 8 November 2016

Could Handel have died of lead poisoning?. TRACK: “Oh, that I on wings could rise” from Theodora. ARTIST: Lorraine Hunt with Les Arts Florissants under William Christie. PUBLISHER: Warner Classics 2003.
8 Nov 2016 5 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 1 November 2016

The Gluttonous Handel. TRACK: Handel: Immortal Lord of earth and skies from Deborah. ARTIST: The New College Choir, Oxford, Salisbury Cathedral Choristers and The King's Consort under Robert King. PUBLISHER: Hyperion 1993
1 Nov 2016 8 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 18 October 2016

A storm at sea. TRACK: Zavateri: Tempesta di Mare, 1st movement. ARTIST: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Gottfried von der Goltz. PUBLISHER: Sony 2011 (88697 93705 2-8) Zavateri conceri da chiesa e da camera.
18 Oct 2016 6 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 27 September 2016

“There is no one I would rather be than Mondonville”. TRACK: Dominus regnavit, psaume 92: Levaverunt flumina. ARTIST: Les Arts Florissants under William Christie. PUBLISHER: Mondonville Grand Motets Erato 1997.
27 Sep 2016 6 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 20 September 2016

The lost Orlando. TRACK: Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, "Ah, fuggi rapido". ARTIST: Federico Maria Sardelli & Modo Antiquo. PUBLISHER: Vivaldi: Orlando (1714), 2012 Naïve.
20 Sep 2016 4 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 13 September 2016

A composing astronomer. TRACK: Herschel: oboe concerto in E flat major (allegro). ARTIST: The Mozart Orchestra under Davis Jerome. PUBLISHER: Newport Classical 1995
13 Sep 2016 6 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 6 September 2016

From Polly Peachum to Duchess. TRACK: John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera, “Oh the Broom”. ARTIST: Patrizia Kwella and Paul Elliott accompanied by the Broadside Band directed by Jeremy Barlow. PUBLISHER: Harmonia Mundi 901071,1982
6 Sep 2016 4 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 30 August 2016

Lampooning Italian Opera. TRACK: John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera, “Over the hills and Far Away”. ARTIST: Patrizia Kwella and Paul Elliott accompanied by the Broadside Band directed by Jeremy Barlow. PUBLISHER: Harmonia Mundi 901071, 1982
30 Aug 2016 4 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 23 August 2016

Tracing the origins of a famous violin piece. TRACK: Suite from "Pièces de clavecin": I. Allegro, Joseph-Hector Fiocco. ARTIST: Yoko Miyazki (violin). PUBISHER: Album: Ciaccona (2014) 2014 Meister Music Co.,Ltd.
23 Aug 2016 5 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 16 August 2016

Is the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor actually by Bach? TRACK: Bach: Toccata in d minor BWV 565. ARTIST: Ton Koopman - organ. PUBLISHER: Album: J.S. Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D Minor Deutsche Grammophon 1995.
16 Aug 2016 4 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 9 August 2016

Born in an earthquake. TRACK: Vivaldi: Psalm 69. ARTIST: Körnersher Sing-Verein Dresden under Peter Kopp. PUBLISHER: Archive, Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus 2006
9 Aug 2016 4 min
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