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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 Anna Stoddard

499 Episodes

460 – 480

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.

7 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

31 Oct 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.

17 Oct 2016 6 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 11 October 2016

Viking Music. TRACK: In The Village “evening”. ARTIST: Ensemble Mare Balticum. PUBLISHER: Ice and Longboats 2016 Delphian

10 Oct 2016 4 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 4 October 2016

Madame de Mondonville. TRACK: Rameau: La Boucon. ARTIST: Oberlin Baroque Ensemble. PUBLISHER: 2015 Menuetto Classics

3 Oct 2016 5 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.

26 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.

19 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

12 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

5 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

29 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.

22 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.

15 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

8 Aug 2016 4 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 2 August 2016

Bach in Brazil. TRACK: Villa Lobos: Aria Cantilena. ARTIST: Anna Moffo with Leopold Stokowski and the American Symphony Orchestra. PUBLISHER: Love Classics 2009 Sony

1 Aug 2016 5 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 26 July 2016

Instrument swapping at the Pieta. TRACK: Vivaldi: Concerto in C major RV 555, 3rd Movement, Allegro. ARTIST: The King’s Consort conducted by Robert King. PUBLISHER: Vivaldi: Concerti con molti istromenti Hyperion (1998)

25 Jul 2016 5 min

Anna's Baroque Bon Bons - 19 July 2016

A trumpet for nuns. TRACK: Vivaldi - Concerto for Violin “in tromba marina” in G major RV 311. Allegro and Andante. ARTIST: Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima. ALBUM:The Four Seasons and Concertos for Bassoon and Violin “in Tromba Marina” PUBLISHER: Serenissima (2015)

18 Jul 2016 6 min