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Robin Bullock: Suites for Mandolin
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, September 17, 2017 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
Robin Bullock is a guitarist, citternist, and mandolin player who is based in western North Carolina. His background is in Celtic and Appalachian music, but he is also enamored of Bach.
In keeping with Bach’s practice of repurposing and rearranging his own compositions, Bullock has transcribed and recorded Bach’s Cello Suites for mandolin. In doing so, he once more demonstrates just how universal Bach’s music continues to be more than 300 years after his birth.
This week we feature Robin Bullock’s cello suites recording, and he chats with Rachel about why he loves Bach so much and about his upcoming performance as part of Music at St. Albans in Davidson on Sunday, September, 24 at 3 p.m.
Purchase Featured CD: Robin Bullock: J.S. Bach – Suites For Mandolin, Vol. One
Related:
Music at St. Alban’s concerts
Playlist
7 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sleepers Awake The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Yo-Yo Ma, baroque cello Sony 534544 "Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · "Winter" Violin Concerto from "The Four Seasons" (ii. Largo) The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Yo-Yo Ma, baroque cello Sony Classical 90916 "Vivaldi's Cello" | |
| Mark O'Connor · Appalachia Waltz (solo cello version) Yo-Yo Ma, cello Sony Classical 93927 "Essential Yo-Yo Ma" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Cricket Symphony (Concerto in G) Ensemble Caprice Analekta 9919 "Telemann & Les Gitans Baroques" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828 Stephen Kovacevich, piano Onyx 4035 "Beethoven: Diabelli Variations; Bach: Partita No. 4" | |
| Giuseppe Tartini · Violin Concerto in E, D.50 Cologne Chamber Orchestra Ariadne Daskalakis, violin Naxos 8.5702 22 "Tartini: Violin Concertos" | |
8 am | |
| Pierre de Manchicourt · "Maria Magdalene" Huelgas Ensemble Sony Classical 62694 "Manchicourt: Motets; Missa; Chansons" | |
| Anonymous 17th c. Spain · Chaconas Chatham Baroque Sono Luminus 90284 "Españoleta" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 (trans. by Robin Bullock) (selections) Robin Bullock, mandolin Dancing Wolf 107 "J.S. Bach: Suites 1 - 3 for Solo Cello" | |
| Johan Helmich Roman · Drottningholm Music - Music for a Royal Wedding (mvts. 7-16) Ensemble 1700 CPO 777589 2 "Johan Roman - Drottningholmsmusiken" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Sonata No. 4 in c, BWV 1017 Itzhak Perlman, violin; Martha Argerich, piano Warner Classics 557553 "Perlman & Argerich: Schumann - Bach - Brahms" | |
9 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in C "Alexander's Feast" English Baroque Soloists Philips 422053 "Handel: Alexander's Feast" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 25: "There is nothing healthy in my body" (selections) Netherlands Bach Collegium; Holland Boys Choir Marjon Strijik, soprano Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau · Overture to "Les Talens lyriques" Les Talens Lyriques L'Oiseau-Lyre 001003 202 "Rameau: Overtures" | |
| Turlough O'Carolan · Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady Robin Bullock, guitar Dancing Wolf 301 "Robin Bullock - The Carolan Collection" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cello Suite No. 3, BWV 1009 (trans. by Robin Bullock) (selections) Robin Bullock, mandolin Dancing Wolf 107 "J.S. Bach: Suites 1 - 3 for Solo Cello" | |
| Johann David Heinichen · Concerto in F, S.233 Musica Antiqua Cologne Archiv Produktion 000817 702 "Heinichen: Dresden Concerti" | |
10 am | |
| William Boyce · Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 2 Aradia Ensemble Naxos 8.5572 78 "Boyce: Eight Symphonies, Op. 2" | |
| 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" | |
| Henry Purcell · Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge English Chamber Orchestra Sony 44650 "Pachelbel: Canon & Other Baroque Favorites | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008 (trans. by Robin Bullock) (selections) Robin Bullock, mandolin Dancing Wolf 107 "J.S. Bach: Suites 1 - 3 for Solo Cello" | |
| Anonymous 18th century Bolivia · Sonata Chiquitanas No. 18 Florilegium Channel Classics 22105 "Bolivian Baroque - from the Missions of Chiquitos & Moxos | |