Programs · Episode
“As the Rain and Snow Come Down from Heaven”
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, February 20, 2022 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
This week features a cantata from Bach's Weimar days written when he was about thirty years old. The Cantata BWV 18 "As the Rain and Snow Come Down from Heaven" was composed for the second Sunday before Lent (February 20th this year) and likely had its premiere on February 24, 1715. We'll also hear a number of selections by George Frideric Handel whose 337th birth anniversary is Wednesday, February 23rd.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Duos for violin & cello (Bach Inventions arr. by Frederick Neumann) Renaud Capucon, violin; Gautier Capucon, cello Virgin Classics 32626 "Inventions" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Organ Concerto No. 7 in Bb, Op. 7, No. 1 Paillard Chamber Orchestra Marie-Claire Alain, organ of the Eglise des Maronites, Paris Boston Skyline 136 "Handel: The Organ Concertos, Vol. 2" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829 (i. Prelude) Elizabeth Hainen, harp Avie 2378 "Home - works for solo harp" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Sonata No. 5 in f, BWV 1018 (i. Largo) (trans. by Camille Saint-Saens) Elizabeth Hainen, harp Avie 2378 "Home - works for solo harp" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Prelude No. 1 in C from WTC Book I, BWV 846 Elizabeth Hainen, harp Avie 2378 "Home - works for solo harp" | |
| Johann Christoph Graupner · Suite in F, GWV 450 Finnish Baroque Orchestra Ondine 1220 "Graupner: Orchestral Suites" | |
8 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · We hasten with eager yet faltering footsteps, from Cantata BWV 78 Philharmonia Virtuosi Katherine Fink, flute; Randall Wolfgang, oboe RCA Victor 61911 "Baroque Duets" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Fantasia in G, BWV 572 Cleveland Symphonic Winds Telarc 80038 "Holst - Handel - Bach" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11 Aradia Ensemble Naxos 855735 8 "Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Dhm Deutsche Harmonia 7864 "Bach: Suites (Overtures)" | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti · Recorder Sonata in G Michael Schneider, recorder; Annette Schneider, cello; Sabine Bauer, organ; Toshonori Ozaki, lute Capriccio 10512 "Blockflötenmusik des Italienischen Hochbarock" | |
9 am | |
| William Boyce · Symphony No. 2 in A, Op. 2 Aradia Ensemble Naxos 8.5572 78 "Boyce: Eight Symphonies, Op. 2" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 18 "As the Rain and Snow Come Down from Heaven" Concentus musicus of Vienna; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Choir Max van Egmond, bass; Kurt Equiluz, tenor; Soloist from the Vienna Boys' Choir, soprano Warner Classics 567107 "J. S. Bach: The Complete Bach Edition" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Overture to "Ariodante" English Chamber Orchestra Philips 422486 "Handel - 10 Overtures" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Sarabande, from Harpsichord Suite in d, HWV 437 English Chamber Orchestra Sony 44650 "Pachelbel: Canon & Other Baroque Favorites" | |
| George Frideric Handel · The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from "Solomon" The Brandenburg Consort Hyperion 66600 "Rondeaux Royeaux" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in D for 3 Violins, BWV 1064 Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti, Miles Golding, violin Chandos 0594 "Bach: Violin Concertos" | |
| Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco · Concerto in F, Op. 6, No. 3 Capella Coloniensis Phoenix Edition 190 "Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco: Concerti for Strings" | |
10 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 Richard Egarr, harpsichord Harmonia Mundi 907329 "J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Solos" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Trio Sonata in g, Op. 2, No. 5 The Brook Street Band Avie 2282 "Handel: Trio Sonatas Opus 2" | |
| Thomas Arne · Symphony No. 4 in c Cantilena Chandos 8403 "Arne: Four Symphonies" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Suite in d, BWV 997 Heiko ter Schegget, recorder; Zvi Meniker, harpsichord RN Classic 93010 "Bach on Recorder" | |