Programs · Episode
Advent: Music from the Baroque and Renaissance
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, December 19, 2021 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
Enjoy seasonal music from the Baroque and Renaissance, including Bach's Cantata BWV 132, "Prepare the way, prepare the course." Bach wrote this work while living in Weimar for the fourth Sunday in Advent in 1715, fairly early in his career. Christmas music by Corrette, Schutz, Liebe and others is also on the program.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009 (v. Bourree I & II) Andres Segovia, guitar Deutsche Grammophon 471430 "The Segovia Collection" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Festive Suite Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle Helios 88028 "Baroque Christmas Music" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in d for 3 Keyboards, BWV 1063 Musica Amphion Pieter-Jan Belder, Siebe Henstra, Menno van Delft, harpsichords Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| Heinrich Schütz · "Der Engel sprach zu den hirten" (The angels said to the shepherds) Yale Schola Cantorum Hyperion 68315 "Schutz: The Christmas Story" | |
| Christian Liebe · "O Heiland aller Welt" (O Savior of all the world) (Christmas Cantata) Saxon Vocal Ensemble; Batzdorf Court Ensemble CPO 777332 "Baroque Christmas Cantatas from Central Germany" | |
| Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach · Trio Sonata No. 3 in F London Baroque Harmonia Mundi 901587 "JCF Bach: Trio Sonaten" | |
8 am | |
| Jean-Marie Leclair · Violin Concerto in F, Op. 10, No. 4 Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage, violin Chandos 0589 "Leclair: Violin Concertos Vol. III" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Highest, look with mercy now" from Cantata BWV 63 The Bach Festival Orchestra; Bach Choir of Bethlehem, PA Sono Luminus 90113 "Christmas in Leipzig" | |
| Henry Purcell · King Arthur Suite Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Capriccio 10 567 "Henry Purcell: Opera Suites" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Chorale: We believe in one God, BWV 680 Douglas Major, organ of the National Cathedral, Washington, DC EMI Classics 47395 "A Bach Festival for Brass & Organ" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Chorale: To God Alone All Glory Be, BWV 664 Douglas Major, organ of the National Cathedral, Washington, DC EMI Classics 47395 "A Bach Festival for Brass & Organ" | |
| Gregor Joseph Werner · Christmas Pastorella Academy of Ancient Music Decca 410 17 9-2 "Christmas Concertos" | |
9 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Winter" 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 · Cantata BWV 132 "Prepare the way, prepare the course" Concentus musicus of Vienna Sebastian Hennig, soprano; Rene Jacobs, alto; Marius van Altena, tenor; Max van Egmond, bass Warner Classics 567107 "J. S. Bach: The Complete Bach Edition" | |
| Michel Corrette · Christmas Symphony No. 2 in D Arion Early-Music.com 7768 "Corrette: Symphonies des Noels" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Flute Sonata in E, BWV 1035 Ruckus, ensemble Emi Ferguson, baroque flute Arezzo Music 002 "Fly The Coop - Bach Sonatas and Preludes" | |
| Alfonso de'Liguori · "Tu scendi dalle stelle" (You came down from the stars) Vienna Symphony; Gumpold Church Choir Luciano Pavarotti, tenor Sony Classical 89131 "The Three Tenors Christmas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Almighty God, look graciously" from Christmas Cantata BWV 63 Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists Archiv Produktion 463 58 9-2 "JS Bach: Cantatas BWV 63, 64, 121, 133" | |
10 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 Concerto Italiano Naive 30578 "Bach: Overtures for Orchestra" | |
| Matias Durango · "Pues mi Dios ha nacido" (well, my God was born) Canto Musicana Americana MA-HA0 01 "Musica del Periodo Colonial en America Hispanica" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Oboe d'amore Concerto in G Toronto Chamber Orchestra Thomas Stacy, oboe d'amore Naxos 857073 5 "Oboe d'Amore Concertos" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "And the glory of the Lord" from "Messiah" The Sixteen Coro 16062 "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Chorus No. 1 from Christmas Cantata BWV 110 "Let our mouths be filled with laughter" Collegium Vocale Harmonia Mundi 901594 "JS Bach: Christmas Cantatas" | |