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Alessandrini: Bach Orchestral Suites
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, December 15, 2019 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
Johann Sebastian Bach came from a large family of gifted musicians, and he enjoyed lifelong relationships with two of his composer cousins, Johann Ludwig Bach and Johann Bernhard Bach. He is known to have performed their music with the Collegium Musicum at Leipzig. The latest recording from Concerto Italiano and their founder conductor, Rinaldo Alessandrini, features Bach's Orchestral Suites and two similar works from his esteemed cousins. We'll hear from all three Bachs on this week's program.
We'll also hear commentary about Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio from musicians who know Baroque music well, countertenor Reginald Mobley and harpsichordist/organist Henry Lebedinsky.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "O Little One Sweet" Quink Vocal Ensemble Telarc 80202 "Carols Around the World" | |
| Traditional English · "Coventry Carol" Quink Vocal Ensemble Telarc 80202 "Carols Around the World" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042 English Chamber Orchestra Anne Akiko Meyers, violin eOne 7785 "Air - The Bach Album" | |
| Johann Friedrich Fasch · Missa brevis in D (selections) Virtuosi Saxoniae; Hallenser Madrigalisten & soloists Capriccio 10183 "Virtuosi Saxoniae - Ludwig Guttler" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Flute Sonata in A, BWV 1032 Maxence Larrieu, flute; Rafael Puyana, harpsichord Philips 438809 "Bach: Flute Sonatas; Viola da Gamba Sonatas" | |
| Francesco Manfredini · Concerto grosso in C, Op. 3, No. 12 "Christmas Concerto" Collegium Musicum 90 Chandos 754 "Christmas Concertos and Cantatas" | |
| Josquin Des Prez · "Ave Maria" Chanticleer Teldec 81829 "Chanticleer - Magnificat" | |
8 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in c for Violin & Oboe, BWV 1060 Netherlands Bach Ensemble Daniëlle Kreeft, oboe; Juditha Heberlin, violin Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "He was despised" from "Messiah" North Carolina Baroque Orchestra Timothy Parsons, countertenor private recording "Handel: Messiah" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from "Messiah" VOX; North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (rec. Dec. 12, 2012) Roger Sherman Recordi ngs n/a "Handel: Messiah" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 Concerto Italiano Naive 30578 "Bach: Overtures for Orchestra" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Gloria" RV 589 (i. Gloria in excelsis Deo) National Academy Orchestra & Chorus of Santa Cecilia Deutsche Grammophon 457355 "A Hymn For the World" | |
9 am | |
| Francesco Geminiani · Concerto grosso in e, Op. 3, No. 6 Camerata Bern Musica Helvetica 632 "Camerata Bern - That Special Something" | |
| Maria Xaveria Perucona · Motet: "Ad gaudia, ad iubila" (A joy to shout) Cappella Artemisia Tactus 280003 "Sintillate Amicae Stellae" | |
| Johann Ludwig Bach · Overture in G Concerto Italiano Naive 30578 "Bach: Overtures for Orchestra" | |
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina · "Gloria," from "Hodie Christus natus est" mass Gabrieli Consort & Players Archiv Produktion 437833 "Palestrina Mass" | |
| Gaetano Schiassi · Christmas Symphony Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle Helios 88028 "Baroque Christmas Music" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in C, BWV 1037 Trio Sonata Anton Kuskin, flute; Donald Bender, oboe; Gary Kessler, guitar Boston Skyline 114 "Trio Sonata - Encore" | |
10 am | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in D for 3 Trumpets, 2 Oboes & Orch. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Hakan Hardenberger, Michael Laird, William Houghton, trumpets Philips 420954 "Telemann: Trumpet Concertos" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Part III) (Adoration of the Shepherds) Staatskapelle Dresden; Leipzig Radio Choir Philips 000994 902 "Bach: Christmas Oratorio" | |
| Johann Bernhard Bach · Overture in e Concerto Italiano Naive 30578 "Bach: Overtures for Orchestra" | |
| Francesco Durante · Pastorale "Cito Pastores" (Quickly shepherds, come singing...) The Cologne Academy CPO 777734 "Durante: Neapolitan Music for Christmas II" | |