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London Baroque
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
This week we put the spotlight on period instrument chamber ensemble, London Baroque, which is devoted to performing Baroque chamber music. Their repertoire includes Baroque favorites as well as virtually unknown works.
London Baroque was formed in 1978 by Austrian-born violinist Ingrid Seifert and cellist Charles Medlam. Over the years, they have amassed a large discography. This week we'll sample tracks from four Harmonia Mundi albums the group made in the 1990's with music by Handel, Pachelbel, J.S. Bach, and his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann.
Purchase Featured CD: Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue, Chamber Works
Playlist
7 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Prelude and Fugue on the Name "Bach" (arr. by Frederic Mills) Canadian Brass Frederic Mills, Ronald Romm, trumpets; Graeme Page, horn; Eugene Watts, trombone; Charles Daellenbach, tuba RCA Victor Red Seal 14574 "High, Bright, Light and Clear" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Opening Chorus, from "Gloria in excelsis Deo" BWV 191 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir CBC Records 5244 "Gloria In Excelsis Deo" | |
| Leonardo Leo · Concerto in D Musica Antiqua Cologne Archiv Produktion 000988 302 "Concertios for 4 Violins" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in c, BWV 1079, from "The Musical Offering" London Baroque Stephen Preston, flute Harmonia Mundi 901173 "JS Bach: Trio Sonatas" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Canon Christopher Parkening, David Brandon, guitars EMI Classics 49406 "Virtuoso Duets" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in D for Trumpet, 2 Oboes, Timpani, Strings & Continuo Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Hakan Hardenberger, trumpet; Celia Nicklin, Tess Miller, oboes Philips 420954 "Telemann: Trumpet Concertos" | |
8 am | |
| Domenico Gallo · Trio Sonata No. 1 in G Parnassi musici CPO 999717 "Dominico Gallo: 12 Trio Sonatas" | |
| Domenico Gallo · Trio Sonata No. 2 in Bb Parnassi musici CPO 999717 "Dominico Gallo: 12 Trio Sonatas" | |
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach · Harpsichord Concerto in F, F.44 (1st mvt) London Baroque Richard Egarr, harpsichord Harmonia Mundi 901558 "Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Concertos pour clavecin et cordes | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Dixit Dominus" RV 594 (selections) The King's Consort & Choir Hyperion 44171 "Vivaldi: Complete Sacred Music" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 2 in a, BWV 1067 (Reconstruction of a version for strings) Furor Musicus Edition Lilac 501389 68 "J.S. Bach - Reconstructions and Transcriptions for Strings | |
9 am | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Oboe Concerto in D, Op. 7, No. 1 London Virtuosi Anthony Camden, oboe Naxos 855300 2 "Albinoni Oboe Concerti, Vol. 2" | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Sinfonia for Strings in g Collegium Musicum 90 Chandos 792 "Albinoni: Collected Concertos for Oboe & Strings" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 172: "Resound, ye songs, ring out, ye strings!" Hannover Children's Choir, Collegium Vocale, Ghent; Leonhardt Co Max van Egmond, bass; Marius van Altena, tenor; Matthias Echternach, soprano; Paul Esswood, alto Warner Classics 567107 "J. S. Bach: The Complete Bach Edition" | |
| George Frideric Handel · Trio Sonata in Bb, Op. 2, No. 3 London Baroque Ingrid Seifert, Richard Gwilt, violins; Charles Medlam, cello; Richard Egarr, harpsichord Harmonia Mundi 901379 "Handel: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Triple Concerto in a, BWV 1044 Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra Christopher Krueger, flute; Daniel Stepner, violin; John Gibbons, harpsichord EMI Classics 54653 "J.S. Bach: Suites" | |
10 am | |
| Giovanni Battista Sammartini · Pastorale in G The English Concert Archiv Produktion 435262 "Christmas Concertos" | |
| Giovanni Battista Sammartini · Recorder Concerto in F Ensemble 415 Conrad Steinmann, recorder Harmonia Mundi 901245 "Sammartini: Concerti & Sinfonie" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971 Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| Johann Pachelbel · Partita No. 1 in F (from "Musical Pleasures" Nuremburg, 1695) London Baroque Harmonia Mundi 901539 "Pachelbel: Musique de Chambre" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Keyboard Concerto in F, BWV 1057 (after Brandenburg No. 4) Cologne Chamber Orchestra Robert Hill, harpsichord; Nadja Schubert, Eva Morsbach, recorders Naxos 855350 5 "JS Bach: Multiple Concerti" | |