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Special Edition: Easter Sunday
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, April 1, 2018 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
On this Easter Sunday edition of Biscuits and Bach, we feature a few major works worthy of note, including Bach's Easter Oratorio and Magnificat, and portions of Handel's Messiah.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Fugue in g "Little Fugue" BWV 578 (arr. by Ronald Romm) The Canadian Brass RCA Victor 61852 "Baroque Brass" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Agnus Dei, from Mass in b, BWV 232 Alison Balsom, trumpet; Alina Ibragimova, violin; Mark Caudle, viola da gamba; Alastair Ross, chamber organ EMI Classics 58047 "Bach: Works for Trumpet - Alison Balsom" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Messiah: Part III - Easter portion Freiburg Baroque Orchestra; The Choir of Clare College Kerstin Avemo, soprano; Neal Davies, bass; Patricia Bardon, alto;Kobie van Rensburg, tenor; Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor Harmonia Mundi 901928 "Handel's Messiah" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Cantata BWV 42 "And in the evening of that very Sabbath" Concentus musicus of Vienna Teldec 69943 "J. S. Bach: The Sacred Cantatas" | |
| Vasily Titov · "The Angel Cried Out" Chanticleer Teldec 81829 "Chanticleer - Magnificat" | |
| Vasily Titov · "O Thou Joy of All the Sorrowful" Chanticleer Teldec 81829 "Chanticleer - Magnificat" | |
8 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Sinfonia in b, RV 169 "At the Holy Grave" (Al Santo Sepolcro) Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin Harmonia Mundi 902072 "Pergolesi: Stabat Mater" | |
| Tomas Luis de Victoria · "O Quam Gloriosum" (O How Glorious) Voices of Ascension Delos 3165 "Beyond Chant - Mysteries of the Renaissance" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Easter Oratorio, BWV 249 Gabrieli Consort & Players Kimberly McCord, soprano; Robin Blaze, alto; Paul Agnew, tenor; Neal Davies, bass Archiv Produktion 000872 102 "Bach: Magnificat; Easter Oratorio" | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti · Recorder Sonata in a Camerata Cologne Michael Schneider, recorder CPO 999619 Alessandro Scarlatti - 7 Concerti con Flauto | |
9 am | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Church Sonata in A, Op. 6, No. 11 The Locatelli Trio Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin; Richard Tunnicliffe, cello; Paul Nicholson, organ Hyperion 66831 Albinoni: Sonate & Trattenimenti" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 4: "Christ lag in Todes Banden" (Christ Lay in the Bounds of Death) Concentus musicus of Vienna Soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir, soprano; Paul Esswood, alto; Kurt Equiluz, tenor; Max van Egmond, bass Teldec 407420 "Bach: Complete Sacred Cantatas" | |
| Michael Praetorius · Dances from Terpsichore Minstrelsy Lyrichord 8018 ""Minstrelsy! Songs and Dances of the Renaissance and Baroq | |
| Johann Pachelbel · "Deus in adjutorium" (God, come to my aid) La Capella Ducale; Musica Fiata CPO 999916 "Johann Pachelbel - Easter Cantatas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in a for 4 Harpsichords & Strings, BWV 1065 New Bach Collegium Musicum, Leipzig Christine Schornsheim, Armin Thalheim, Mechtild Stark, Violetta Liebsch, harpsichords Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
10 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Magnificat in D, BWV 243 The Bach Choir of Bethlehem; The Bach Festival Orchestra Julia Doyle, Rosa Lamoreaux, sopranos; Daniel Lichti, bass-baritone; Daniel Taylor, countertenor; Benjamin Butterfield, tenor Analekta 29873 "Bach - Vivaldi" | |
| William Boyce · Symphony No. 3 in C, Op. 2 Aradia Ensemble Naxos 8.5572 78 "Boyce: Eight Symphonies, Op. 2" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Gavotte I & II and rondeau; Gigue, from Suite in a, BWV 995 Jason Vieaux, guitar Azica 71250 "Bach Vol. 1: Works for Lute" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Magnificat" RV 610b Taverner Choir and Players Emily Van Evera, Nancy Argenta, sopranos; Alison Place, mezzo-soprano; Margaret Cable, contralto; Catherine King, mezzo-sopra Virgin Classics 64799 "Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Magnificat, RV 610b" | |