Podcasts · Episode
Peter Blanchette
Program: Biscuit Chats
Aired: Thursday, December 4, 2014
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
After guitarist Peter Blanchette spent a year learning to play the lute, he decided it just wasn't the right instrument for him. He enjoyed playing guitar, but the guitar wasn't capable of easily playing the renaissance and baroque music he loved. So Blanchette solved his problem by creating the archguitar, which combined characteristics of a lute and a Spanish vihuela (an early guitar-like instrument.) Blanchette joins Rachel Stewart for an interesting chat about his unique instrument and the beautiful sounds it can make.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Edvard Grieg · Norwegian Dance No. 2, Op. 35 New York Philharmonic Sony Classical 46707 "Bernstein's Favorites - Orchestral Dances" | |
| Edward MacDowell · To a Wild Rose, from Woodland Sketches Manhattan Chamber Orchestra Koch International 7282 "Cowell: Concerto Grosso; Hymn & Fuguing Tune No. 10" | |
| Francesco Geminiani · Concerto grosso No. 1 in D (after Corelli, Op. 5) Academy of Ancient Music Harmonia Mundi 290726 1 "Geminiani: Concerti Grossi after Corelli's Op. 5" | |
| Frédéric Chopin · Rondo a la Krakowiak, Op. 14 Northwest Sinfonia Joel Fan, piano Reference Recording s 134 "Dances for Piano and Orchestra" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Glory to God" from "Messiah" The Sixteen Coro 16062 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Traditional · Wassail Song / All Through the Night Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, acoustic bass; Chris Thile, mandolin Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Daniel Read · "Sherburne" (While Shepherds Watched) His Majestie's Clerkes Centaur Records 2048 "In a Cold Winter's Night" | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb, K. 447 Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Lowell Greer, horn Harmonia Mundi 907012 "Mozart: Horn Concertos" | |
8 am | |
| Arthur Sullivan · Overture to The Mikado The Hanover Band CPO 777074 "Sullivan: The Rose of Persia" | |
| Francois Devienne · Symphonie Concertante in G for Two Flutes & Orch. I Solisti Veneti Jean-Pierre Rampal, Ransom Wilson, flutes Erato 45836 "Devienne - Cimarosa - Blavet - Viotti" | |
| Isaac Albéniz · Asturias Angel Romero, guitar Telarc 80213 "A Touch of Romance" | |
| Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov · Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship Toronto Symphony Orchestra Jonathan Crow, violin Chandos CHSA 5 145 "Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade" | |
| Traditional · Suite of English Carols (Deck the Halls, Coventry, First Noel) Solid Brass Dorian Recordings 90114 "Christmas With Solid Brass" | |
9 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Cello Concerto in G, RV 413 Florilegium Pieter Wispelwey, cello Channel CCS 10 097 "Vivaldi Cello Concertos" | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Symphony No. 83 in g "The Hen" Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Erato 2292-4 5807 "Haydn: Paris Symphonies" | |
| Herbert Howells · "A Spotless Rose" His Majestie's Clerkes Centaur Records 2048 "In a Cold Winter's Night" | |
| Traditional Medley · Medley (The First Noel; O Come, All Ye Faithful) Ayako Shinozaki, harp Sony 62677 "Silent Night - Beautiful Christmas Melodies" | |
| Antonín Dvorák · Romance in f, Op. 11 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Ilya Kaler, violin Naxos 8.55 0758 "Glazunov; Dvorak: Violin Concertos" | |
10 am | |
| Johann Strauss, Jr. · Vienna Blood Waltz, Op. 354 Vienna Philharmonic (live New Year's Day 2002) Deutsche Grammophon 000166 302 "Best of New Year's Concert - Vienna Philharmonic" | |
| Traditional Medley · Joy to the World; In dulci jubilo; Silent Night London Symphony Orchestra Philips 416249 "A Festival of Christmas Carols" | |
| Edward Elgar · Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40 English Symphony Orchestra Nimbus 5210 "The Spirit of England" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Three Airs, from Overture-Suite in D, TWV 55:D1 The English Concert Paul Goodwin, oboe; Mark Bennett, trumpet; Alberto Grazzi, bassoon Archiv Produktion 439 89 3-2 "Telemann Suites" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen", from Mozart's "The Magic Flute", Op. 66 Maria Kliegel, cello; Nina Tichman, piano Naxos 8.555 786 "Beethoven: Music for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2" | |