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Six Evolutions
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, September 16, 2018 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
Yo-Yo Ma has been playing the Bach cello suites since he was four years old – nearly 60 years. He has just released his third and final recording of them called Six Evolutions – Bach: Cello Suites.
Even after all these years and recordings, Ma still finds new meaning in the works, and he believes they provide an opportunity for people at large to find shared meaning and a way to come together.
He writes, “I share this music, which has helped shape the evolution of my life, with the hope that it might spark a conversation about how culture can be a source of the solutions we need.”
In this spirit, Ma embarks on a two-year, six-continent journey playing all six suites in single sittings sharing the music with people around the world. This week we’ll experience Ma’s love for the suites and mission to share them widely by listening several selections from this new recording.
Purchase Featured CD: Six Evolutions: Bach Cello Suites
Playlist
7 am | |
| Michele Stratico · Violin Sonata in D Crtomir Siskovic, violin; Luca Ferrini, harpsichord Dynamic 723 "The Pupils of Tartini" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 2 in b, BWV 1067 (reconstruction by Gonzalo X. Ruiz) Ensemble Sonnerie Gonzalo Ruiz, oboe Avie 2171 "Bach: Four Orchestral Suites" | |
| Marin Marais · Sonate a la Maresienne Boston Museum Trio Centaur Records 2129 "Marin Marais: La Gamme et autres morceux" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" (A Mighty Fortress...) (opening chorale) Tolz Children's Choir; Concentus musicus of Vienna Teldec 92626 "Johann Sebastian Bach: Famous Choruses" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in a, Op. 6, No. 4 Aradia Ensemble Naxos 855735 8 "Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6" | |
8 am | |
| Samuel Scheidt · Courants XXXII; XVII, XXIII Les Sacqueboutiers Naive 9996 "Samuel Scheidt - Ludi Musici" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007 Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 585465 "Yo-Yo Ma: Six Evolutions - Bach Cello Suites" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in C for 2 Harpsichords, BWV 1061 Leonhardt Consort Gustav Leonhardt, Anneke Uittenbosch, harpsichords Warner Classics 567107 "J. S. Bach: The Complete Bach Edition" | |
| Arcangelo Corelli · Violin Sonata in E, Op. 5, No. 11 The Avison Ensemble Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin Linn Records 412 "Corelli: Opus 5 Violin Sonatas" | |
9 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in C, RV 191 La Serenissima Adrian Chandler, violin Avie 2287 "Vivaldi: A Tale of Two Seasons" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 95 "Christ, He is my life" (Christus, der ist mein Leben) English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir Mark Padmore, tenor; Katharine Fuge, soprano Soli Deo Gloria 104 "Bach: Cantatas Vol. 8" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cello Suite No. 2 in d, BWV 1008 Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 585465 "Yo-Yo Ma: Six Evolutions - Bach Cello Suites" | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Oboe Concerto in Bb, Op. 7, No. 3 Scottish Ensemble Alison Balsom, trumpet EMI Classics 56094 "Alison Balsom: Italian Concertos" | |
10 am | |
| Orazio Benevoli · "O sacrementum pietatis" (O sacrament of piety), motet Montreal Studio of Ancient Music ATMA Classique 2508 "Musica Vaticana" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Recorder Concerto in D, BWV 1053 Ensemble Cordevento Erik Bosgraaf, recorder Brilliant Classics 94296 "Bach: Concertos for Recorder" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009 Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony 585465 "Yo-Yo Ma: Six Evolutions - Bach Cello Suites" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Canon Christopher Parkening, David Brandon, guitars EMI Classics 49406 "Virtuoso Duets" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Cricket Symphony (Concerto in G) Collegium Musicum 90 Chandos 547 "Telemann - Alster Overture; Concerto in D, etc." | |