Podcasts · Episode
David Tang
Program: Biscuit Chats
Aired: Friday, December 13, 2013
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
This week on Biscuits and Bach, Rachel Stewart talks with David Tang, music director of VOX, a vocal ensemble in Charlotte, about baroque Christmas music. Find out why pastoral themes are so prevalent and how Bach intended for his Christmas cantatas to be heard.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Edvard Grieg · Symphonic Dance No. 3, Op. 64 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra EMI Classics 68649 "Smetana: Ma Vlast, etc." | |
| Franz Joseph Haydn · Piano Sonata No. 60 in C, Hob.XVI:50 (1st mvt.) Jenö Jandó, piano Naxos 8.55 0657 "Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol.1" | |
| Traditional · "Medley of Carols" Vienna Symphony Orchestra Plácido Domingo, tenor Sony 37245 "Christmas With Placido Domingo" | |
| Traditional · Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace) Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet; Alon Yavnai, piano Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Antonín Dvorák · American Suite in A, Op. 98b Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Sony Classical 6029 5 "Dvorak: Symphony No. 6; American Suite" | |
| Joaquín Rodrigo · Concierto de Aranjuez (finale) Naples Philharmonic Orchestra (of Florida) David Russell, guitar Telarc 80459 "Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez" | |
8 am | |
| Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · Waltz, from Swan Lake London Symphony Orchestra Sony Classical 46592 "Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in a for 4 Harpsichords & Strings, BWV 1065 New Bach Collegium Musicum, Leipzig Christine Schornsheim, Armin Thalheim, Mechtild Stark, Violetta Liebsch, harpsichords Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| Gabriel Fauré · Dolly Suite, Op. 56 (orch. by Henri Rabaud) Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Denon 787 64 "Music for Children" | |
| Traditional Ukrainian · Carol of the Bells / We Three Kings Eaken Piano Trio John Eaken, violin; Nancy Baun, cello; Gloria Whitney, piano Naxos 855471 4 "Home for the Holidays" | |
| John Rutter · "Gloria" (finale) Choir Of King's College, Cambridge; City of Birmingham Symphony EMI Classics 5 5795 2 2 "Rutter: Gloria" | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven · Piano Concerto No. 3 in c, Op. 37 (finale) Concertgebouw Orchestra Murray Perahia, piano Sony 39814 "Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4" | |
9 am | |
| Giuseppe Verdi · Overture to "Nabucco" Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Grammophon 419622 2 "Verdi Overtures and Preludes" | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Concerto in C for Trumpet, 3 Oboes, 2 Bassoons & cont. Asperen Ensemble Wolfgang Basch, trumpet Dhm Deutsche Harmonia 77454 "Chamber Music for Trumpet and Winds" | |
| Johann Halvorsen · Suite from "Mascarade" Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Chandos 10584 "Johan Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, volume 1" | |
| Traditional German · "Susani" Vienna Symphony José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, tenors Sony Classical 8913 1 "The Three Tenors Christmas" | |
| Traditional French · "Shepherds, in the fields abiding" The Cambridge Singers Collegium Records 512 "The Cambridge Singers Christmas Album" | |
| Peter Cornelius · "The Three Kings" Academy & Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields Gerald Finley, baritone Philips 442 14 1-2 "Christmas With The Academy" | |
10 am | |
| John Garth · Cello Concerto No. 2 in Bb European Community Chamber Orchestra Alexander Baillie, cello Helios 55035 "The Concerto in Europe" | |
| Sergei Lyapunov · Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes, Op. 28 Westphalian Symphony Orchestra Michael Ponti, piano Vox Box 5068 "The Romantic Piano Concerto, vol. 5" | |
| Gustav Mahler · Symphony No. 3 in d (ii. Minuet) Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Charlotte Symphony 796873 0021 "Charlotte Symphony" | |
| Traditional (arr. Max Reger) · "O Jesulein suss" ("Oh Sweet Little Jesus") Southwest Vocal Ensemble Hänssler Classic 93114 "Four Centuries of Christmas Music" | |
| John Jacob Niles · "Carol of the Birds" Kathleen Battle, soprano; Christopher Parkening, guitar Sony Classical SK 627 23 "Angel's Glory" | |
| Traditional · Wassail Song / All Through the Night Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Edgar Meyer, acoustic bass; Chris Thile, mandolin Sony 733336 "Songs Of Joy And Peace: Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Christoph Foerster · Concerto No. 2 in Eb for Corno da caccia Philharmonic String Soloists Uwe Komischke, corno da caccia Koch Schwann 1237 "Konzerte fur Corno da caccia" | |