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Handel’s Messiah
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, December 6, 2020 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
It's the time of year for Handel's Messiah again, and this week, we'll hear selections from the 2019 album featuring Jordi Savall, a long-time leading figure in the world of early music early music. He conducts his Concert of Nations ensemble and The Royal Chapel of Catalonia in a performance of the famous oratorio that was recorded at the Chapelle Royale of Versailles.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Charles Theodore Pachelbel · "Magnificat" Hickory Choral Society (Hickory, NC) Hickory Choral Societ y "A Christmas Collection" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Keyboard Concerto in f, BWV 1056 Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord CPO 777248 "JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, volume 2" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Darmstadt Overture in f, TWV 55:f1 La Stravaganza Denon 9398 "Telemann: 3 Overtures" | |
| Philipp Böddecker · "Jesus is Born" London Baroque Emma Kirkby, soprano BIS 1135 "Christmas Music" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in C, BWV 530 (originally in G) Palladian Ensemble Pamela Thorby, recorder; Rachel Podger, violin; Susanna Heinrich, viola da gamba; William Carter, lute Linn Records 5036 "Bach: Trio Sonatas" | |
8 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in A for 2 Violins, RV 519 (Op. 3, No. 5) Academy of Ancient Music Catherine Mackintosh, Elizabeth Wilcock, violins L'Oiseau-Lyre 414554 "Vivaldi - 'L'estro armonico' Op. 3" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Ev'ry valley shall be exhalted" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations (The Concert of Nations) Nicholas Mulroy, tenor Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And the glory of the Lord" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reiai de Catalunya (The Royal Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| 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" | |
| Giuseppe Valentini · Christmas Symphony, Op. 1, No. 12 Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle Helios 88028 "Baroque Christmas Music" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Partita in a, BWV 1013 David Russell, guitar Telarc 80693 "Air on a G String - Baroque Masterpieces" | |
9 am | |
| Johann Georg Pisendel · Concerto in Eb for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings & Basso continuo Virtuosi Saxoniae Berlin Classics 1079 "Pisendel: Sinfonia e Concerti" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 70 "Watch! pray! pray! watch!" Concentus musicus of Vienna; Tolz Boys' Choir Ruud van der Meer, bass; Paul Esswood, alto; Kurt Equiluz, tenor; Wilhelm Wiedl, boy soprano Warner Classics 567107 "J. S. Bach: The Complete Bach Edition" | |
| Girolamo Frescobaldi · Balletto Eliot Fisk, guitar Musicmasters 60090 "Eliot Fisk Performs Works by Baroque Composers" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reiai de Catalunya (The Royal Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Oboe d'amore Concerto in A, BWV 1055 The English Concert David Reichenberg, oboe d'amore Archiv Produktion 413731 "J.S. Bach: 3 Concerti" | |
10 am | |
| Henry Purcell · Chaconne recorded in the John Clark Performance Studio, May 2007 Richard Krumdieck, recorder; Gesa Cordes, violin; Barbara Blaker-Krumdieck, cello; Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord WDAV Main Street Sess ions n/a | |
| Henry Purcell · "Behold, I bring you glad tidings" Heinrich Schutz Choir; London String Players; Philip Jones Brass Paul Esswood, counter-tenor; Ian Partridge, tenor; Stafford Dean, bass Decca 430065 "A Baroque Christmas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb, BWV 1051 Boston Baroque Daniel Stepner, Marilyn McDonald, violas; Karen Kaderavek, cello Telarc 80354 "Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Rejoice Greatly" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations (The Concert of Nations) Rachel Redmond, soprano Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Hallelujah" from "Messiah" Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reiai de Catalunya (The Royal Alia Vox 9936 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Johann Joachim Quantz · Flute Concerto in G Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra James Galway, flute RCA Victor Red Seal 60247 "Quantz: 4 Flute Concertos - Galway" | |