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Concerto Italiano: A Bountiful Mix
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, October 11, 2020 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
Concerto Italiano was founded by harpsichordist/conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini in 1984, a time when interest in early music was growing. Over the decades, Concerto Italiano has become known for their interpretations of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach and other Baroque composers and has won numerous awards for their recordings. This week we'll sample tracks from some of them.
And Rachel talks with Willis Underwood, one of the new owners of the iconic Wilber's Barbecue in Goldsboro, NC. For nearly 60 years, the restaurant started by Wilber Shirley has been famous for authentic Eastern North Carolina style barbecue cooked over oak wood coals. The new owners intend to keep that fading tradition alive.
Listen to Willis Underwood on Wilber's Barbecue
Pictured: Rinaldo Alessandrini by Mrug – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Francesco Geminiani · Concerto grosso No. 6 in A (after Corelli, Op. 5, No. 6) Academy of Ancient Music Harmonia Mundi 290726 1 "Geminiani: Concerti Grossi after Corelli's Op. 5" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Organ Concerto No. 2 in D (reconstructed from Cantatas BWV 49, 169 & 1053) Northern Sinfonia Peter Hurford, organ in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Decca 425479 "J. S. Bach: Organ Concertos" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · String Concerto in G, RV 150 Concerto Italiano Naive 30554 "Vivaldi: Concerti per archi II" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · String Concerto in Bb, RV 166 Concerto Italiano Naive 30554 "Vivaldi: Concerti per archi II" | |
| Johann Friedrich Fasch · Recorder Quartet in Bb, FWV N:B1 Ensemble Marsyas Pamela Thorby, recorder Linn Records 467 "J.F. Fasch: Quartets and Concertos" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Sonata in G, BWV 1021 Viktoria Mullova, violin; Ottavio Dantone, organ; Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba; Luca Pianca, lute Onyx 4020 "Bach Sonatas" | |
8 am | |
| John Blow · "God spake sometime in visions" Westminster Abbey Choir & Orchestra Archiv Produktion 419613 "Coronation Music for King James II (1685)" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Keyboard Concerto in d, BWV 1052 Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord Naive 20011 "Bach: Art of the Fugue; Keyboard Concertos" | |
| John Adson · Courtly Masquing Ayres (London 1621) Guttler Brass Ensemble Capriccio 10146 "English Brass Music of the 17th Century" | |
| Andrea Grossi · Sonata a cinque in D Collegium Musicum Leipzig Ludwig Guttler, trumpet Capriccio 10020 "Italian Trumpet Concertos" | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Church Sonata in Bb, Op. 6, No. 12 The Locatelli Trio Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin; Richard Tunnicliffe, cello; Paul Nicholson, organ Hyperion 66831 Albinoni: Sonate & Trattenimenti" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Preludes Nos. 1 & 17, from WTC Book I Yolanda Kondonassis, harp Telarc 80403 "A New Baroque" | |
9 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in C for 2 Trumpets, RV 537 Les Violons du Roy Benjamin Raymond, Marianne Boies, trumpets ATMA Classique 22602 "Vivaldi - Les Violins du Roy" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 96: "Lord Christ, the Only Son of God" Concentus musicus of Vienna; Tolz Boys' Choir Wilhelm Wiedl, boy soprano; Paul Esswood, alto; Kurt Equiluz, tenor; Philippe Hunttenlocher, bass Warner Classics 567107 "J. S. Bach: The Complete Bach Edition" | |
| Franz Tuma · Partita in d Concerto Italiano Naive 30436 "Tuma: Partitas, Sonatas and Sinfonias" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Aria variata in a, BWV 989 (Italian Variations) Alison Balsom, trumpet; Alistair Ross, harpsichord EMI Classics 58047 "Bach: Works for Trumpet - Alison Balsom" | |
10 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in b, Op. 6, No. 12 Boston Baroque Telarc 80688 "Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 7-12" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Fugue in D, BWV 532 Simon Preston, organ of the Kreuzberg Church, Bonn, Germany Deutsche Grammophon 427668 "Bach: Toccata & Fuge D-Moll BWV 565 U.A." | |
| William Boyce · Symphony No. 8 in d, Op. 2 Academy of Ancient Music L'Oiseau-Lyre 436761 "Boyce: Symphonies, Op. 2" | |
| Claudio Monteverdi · "Beatus Vir" (Blessed is the man) Concerto Italiano Naive 30557 "Monteverdi: Solemn Vespers for the Festival of San Marco" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in g, BWV 1030b Allan Vogel, oboe; Patricia Mabee, harpsichord; Mark Chatfield, viola da gamba Delos 3214 "Bach's Circle" | |
| Giambattista Martini · Toccata Rolf Smedvig, trumpet; Michael Murray, organ (First United Methodist Church, Cleveland, OH) Telarc 80341 "Ceremonial Music for Trumpet and Symphonic Organ" | |