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Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, April 9, 2017 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
For Palm Sunday, we feature a brand new recording of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. John Eliot Gardiner leads his Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, the Trinity Boys Choir, and internationally renowned soloists in a live performance recorded at Pisa Cathedral in September 2016. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is one of the great sacred choral masterpieces, and was first performed in Leipzig in 1727, most likely on Good Friday. Listening to this wonderful recording is a great way to kick off Holy Week.
Purchase featured CD: Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir: Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Playlist
7 am | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Flute Sonata in Eb (usually attributed to J.S. Bach, BWV 1031) Barthold Kuijken, transverse flute; Bob van Asperen, harpsichord Sony Classical 53964 "C.P.E Bach: Complete Flute Sonatas" | |
| Robert Wylkynson · "Salve regina" The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Avie 2184 "Choirs of Angels - Music from the Eton Choirbook, vol. 2" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Dhm Deutsche Harmonia 7864 "Bach: Suites (Overtures)" | |
| Thomas Tallis · "Spem in alium" (I have never put my hope in any other but you) Oxford Camerata Naxos 857821 0 "Favourite Sacred Masterpieces" | |
8 am | |
| Arcangelo Corelli · Violin Sonata in F, Op. 5, No. 4 The Avison Ensemble Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin Linn Records 412 "Corelli: Opus 5 Violin Sonatas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Come, you daughters, help me grieve!..." opening from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists James Gilchrist, tenor (Evangelista) Soli Deo Gloria 725 "Bach: St. Matthew Passion" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Triple Concerto in a, BWV 1044 Moscow Virtuosi Vladimir Spivakov, violin; Elena Duran, flute; Sergei Bezrodny, harpsichord RCA Victor Red Seal 7991 "Bach: Concertos" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Quartet in d, from Musique de table Capella Savaria Hungaroton 12779 "Bach: Suite in B Minor; Telemann" | |
9 am | |
| Dario Castello · Sonata No. 13 His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts Helios 55320 "The Floating City" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "I wish my heart to offer Thee" from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 English Baroque Soloists Hannah Morrison, soprano Soli Deo Gloria 725 "Bach: St. Matthew Passion" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050 Bargemusic Robert Wolinsky, harpsichord; Ik-Hwan Bae, violin; Michael Parloff, flute Koch International 7294 "Brandenburgs from the Barge" | |
| Francois Couperin · Concert Royal No. 4 Smithsonian Chamber Players Dhm Deutsche Harmonia 77327 "Couperin: Concerts Royaux" | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti · "Exsultate Deo" Choir of Christ Church, Charlotte (recorded May, 1999) Christ Church, Charlo tte 1993 "A Well-Tuned Heart" | |
10 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in d for 2 Violins & Orch., BWV 1043 Tafelmusik Jeanne Lamon, Linda Melsted, violins Sony Classical 66264 "Bach: Violin Concertos BWV 1041, 1042, 1043, 1064r" | |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau · Sixth Concert Les Talens Lyriques Decca 000184 502 "Rameau: Six Concerts en Sextour" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "O man, bewail your great sin" from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists Soli Deo Gloria 725 "Bach: St. Matthew Passion" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Organ Concerto No. 14 in A, HWV 296a Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra Peter Hurford, organ of Bethlehemkerk, Papendrecht, Holland Decca 414604 "Handel: Organ Concertos" | |