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Happy Birthday Bach!
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, March 20, 2022 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
We have a couple of things to celebrate this week. Bach has a birthday. He was born March 21, 1685; so, we'll mark the occasion with favorite works like the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 and some of his Goldberg Variations. And we'll welcome Spring with a song by Thomas Morley inspired by Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and Vivaldi's beloved Spring Concerto from "The Four Seasons."
Playlist
7 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Toccata in G, BWV 916 Cyprien Katsaris, piano Sony Classical 66272 "Bach's Italian Journey" | |
| Johann Knechtl · Horn Concerto in D Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Barry Tuckwell, horn Decca 417406 "Barry Tuckwell: Baroque Horn Concertos" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 Boston Baroque Telarc 80619 "Bach: The Complete Orchestral Suites" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Water Music Suite in D Zefiro Naive 192 "Handel - Telemann: Water Music" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Kyrie" from Mass in b, BWV 232 Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists Soli Deo Gloria 722 "Bach: Mass in B Minor" | |
8 am | |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully · Alceste, suite selections Le Concert des Nations (The Concert of Nations) Alia Vox 9807 "Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'orchestre du roi soleil" | |
| Johann Sebestain Bach · Organ Concerto in a, BWV 593 (after Vivaldi's Concerto in a, RV 522, Op. 3, No. 8) Lorenzo Ghielmi, organ Naive 7367 "Vivaldi: Op. 3 L'estro Armonico - Bach: Keyboards Arrangem | |
| William Boyce · Trio Sonata No. 8 in Eb Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti, violins; Jane Coe, cello; Nicholas Parle, harpsichord Chandos 0648 "Boyce: Trio Sonatas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Prelude and Fugue in a, BWV 894 Jeno Jando, piano Naxos 8.5702 91 "JS Bach: Keyboard Music" | |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau · Fifth Concert Les Talens Lyriques Decca 000184 502 "Rameau: Six Concerts en Sextour" | |
9 am | |
| Pietro Locatelli · Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 7, No. 4 Concerto Cologne Teldec 94551 "Locatelli: Concerti Grossi" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 54: "Stand Steadfast Against Transgression" Leonhardt Consort Paul Esswood, alto Warner Classics 567107 "J. S. Bach: The Complete Bach Edition" | |
| Giovanni Porta · Sinfonia in D for trumpet, strings & continuo La Serenissima Avie 2257 "Venice By Night" | |
| Thomas Morley · "It Was a Lover and his Lass" from Shakespeare's "As You Like It" Musicians of the Globe Libby Crabtree, Rachel Elliot, sopranos Philips 446687 "Shakespeare's Musick" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Darmstadt Overture in D, TWV 55:D15 Cologne Chamber Orchestra Naxos 8.5542 44 "Telemann: Darmstadt Overtures" | |
10 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Cantata BWV 35 "Spirit and Soul are in Tumult" Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Wolfgang Zerer, organ Harmonia Mundi 902016 "Bach: Solo Cantatas - Bernarda Fink" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia No. 2, from Cantata BWV 35 "Spirit and Soul are in Tumult" Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Wolfgang Zerer, organ Harmonia Mundi 902016 "Bach: Solo Cantatas - Bernarda Fink" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Spring" Violin Concerto from "The Four Seasons" Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra Francisco Fullana, violin Avie 2485 "Vivaldi: The Four Seasons" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047 Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin Friedemann Immer, trumpet; Marion Verbruggen, recorder; Hans-Peter Westermann, oboe; Georg Kallweit, violin Harmonia Mundi 901634 "Bach Brandenburg Concertos" | |
| Dietrich Buxtehude · Sonata in Bb, Op. 1, No. 4 (BuxWV 273) Ensemble Vermillian Frances Blaker, recorder; Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, cello; Elisabeth Reed, viola da gamba; Katherine Heater, harpsichord Faferela 12051 "Ensemble Vermillion: Stolen Jewels" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variations 26 - 30; Aria da capo) (arr. by Repast Baroque Ensemble) Repast Baroque Ensemble Gabe Shuford, harpsichord MSR 1661 "Bach: Goldberg Variations" | |