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Bach on a Lautenwerke
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, August 15, 2021 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
Bach's gift of six extraordinary orchestral concertos did not result in a job at the court of the Margrave of Brandenburg as he had hoped. Instead, they have become a gift to humankind. This week we'll hear the earliest of the Brandenburg Concertos which atypically features two viola soloists. We'll also hear music by Bach played on a lautenwerke (lute-harpsichord), an usual keyboard instrument admired by the great composer. And we'll sample violinist Nicola Benedetti's new album, "Baroque."
Pictured: Lute-harpsichord by Musicbox107 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Duet: "My friend is mine" from Cantata BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" English Baroque Soloists Ruth Holton, soprano; Stephen Varcoe, bass; Anthony Robson, oboe Archiv Produktion 431809 "Bach: Cantatas BWV 140 & 147" | |
| Jean-Marie Leclair · Trio Sonata in Eb, Op. 9, No. 9 Trio Sonnerie Monica Huggett, violin; Sarah Cunningham, viola da gamba; Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord ASV 106 "Leclair: Sonatas for Violin and basso continuo" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Keyboard Concerto in E, BWV 1053 New Bach Collegium Musicum, Leipzig Christine Schornsheim, harpsichord Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| Gaspard Fritz · Sinfonia in F, Op. 6, No. 5 La Stagione Frankfurt CPO 777696 "Gaspard Fritz: Sinfonias" | |
8 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in D for 3 Violins, BWV 1064 Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hirons, Monica Huggett, Catherine Mackintosh, violins L'Oiseau-Lyre 433053 "J.S. Bach: Triple & Quadruple Concertos" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Suite in g, "La Musette" TWV 55:gl Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin Harmonia Mundi 901654 "Telemann: Suites" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto a due cori No. 2 in F Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Harmonia Mundi 905272 "Handel: Concerti a due cori" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in Eb, BWV 998 Elizabeth Farr, lute-harpsichord (lautenwerke) Naxos 857047 0 "JS Bach: Music for Lute-Harpsichord" | |
9 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in D, RV 211 Benedetti Baroque Orchestra Nicola Benedetti, violin Decca B00341 87 "Baroque" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 179: "See to it that thy fear of God be not hypocrisy" Netherlands Bach Collegium; Holland Boys Choir Ruth Holton, soprano; Bas Ramselaar, bass; Knut Schoch, tenor Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Harpsichord Concerto in C, Wq. 43, No. 6 Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Andreas Staier, harpsichord Harmonia Mundi 902083 "C.P.E Bach: Six Harpsichord Concertos" | |
| Johann David Heinichen · Flute Concerto in D Fiori musicali Baroque Orchestra, Bremen Laurence Dean, flute CPO 999637 "Heinichen: Dresden Wind Concertos" | |
10 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Cantata BWV 169 "My heart shall possess God alone" Concentus Musicus of Vienna Teldec 69943 "J. S. Bach: The Sacred Cantatas" | |
| Giovanni Legrenzi · Sonata a 2 "La Donata" Pallade Musica ATMA Classique 2697 "Verso Venezia" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb, BWV 1051 Apollo's Fire Miho Hashizume, Nicole Divall, violas; Rene Schiffer, cello; Catharina Meints, Ann Marie Morgan, violas da gamba Avie 2207 "Bach Brandenburg Concertos" | |
| Henry Purcell · King Arthur Suite Tafelmusik Tafelmusik Media 1010 "Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Five concerted Chorales (BWV 250, 137, 130, 19, 303) Columbia Chamber Symphony (rec. 1963) E. Power Biggs, organ of the Stadtpfarrkirche, Eisenstadt, Austria Sony 42626 "Music of Jubilee - Johann Sebastian Bach" | |