The Easter season combines both sorrow and celebration. There’s another element, as well, for tradition places Easter near the spring equinox. And so, just as Christmas and winter are intertwined, Easter and spring are, as well--with Christ’s death and resurrection linked symbolically with nature’s rebirth, after the darkness and cold of winter.

All this is reflected in the extraordinary music we’ll hear in the next hour, including works by Bach, Handel, Pergolesi, Wagner and Rimsky-Korsakov.

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