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The King and Bach
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, August 8, 2021 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
On May 7, 1747, J.S. Bach met Frederick The Great of Prussia. Frederick showed Bach a new instrument called a fortepiano, and he presented the great composer with an original and complicated musical theme.
Frederick also challenged Bach to improvise a three-voice fugue on the theme then and there. After doing so with seeming ease, the monarch asked Bach to improvise a six-voice fugue. Even Bach couldn't do that on the spot; so, he headed home and produced the Musical Offering, a collection of ricercare, canons, and a trio sonata based on the king's theme.
This week we'll hear the Trio Sonata in c, BWV 1079 which gives pride of place to the flute, Frederick The Great's instrument. Also on the program, selections by Telemann, Alessasndro Scarlatti, Handel, and others.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Violin Concerto in D, Op. 9, No. 7 Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage, violin Chandos 792 "Albinoni: Collected Concertos for Oboe & Strings" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Preludes and Fugues Nos. 13-18, WTC Book 1, BWV 858-863 Keith Jarrett, piano (recorded 1987) Decca B00300 5502 "JS Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I" | |
| Francesco Geminiani · Concerto grosso No. 3 in C (after Corelli, Op. 5, No. 3) Academy of Ancient Music Harmonia Mundi 290726 1 "Geminiani: Concerti Grossi after Corelli's Op. 5" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia in F, BWV 1046a (source of the later Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, BWV 1046) Marie-Claire Alain, organ at Eglise Saint-Thomas d'Aquin, Paris; Guy Touvron, trumpet Erato 75367 "Trumpet and Organ" | |
8 am | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in A for Flute, Violin, Cello & Strings (from "Tafelmusik") Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra (Los Angeles) Stephen Schultz, flute; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; Phoebe Carrai, cello NCA 60194 "Telemann: Concerti" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Overture in the French Style, BWV 831 (Bourrees I & II, Gigue & Echo) Hank Knox, harpsichord early-music.com 7775 "J.S. Bach: Oeuvres pour clavier" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Violin Concerto in D, RV 204 (Op. 4, No. 11) from "La Stravaganza" Arte Dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra Rachel Podger, violin Channel Classics 19598 "Antonio Vivaldi - La Stravaganza" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in c, BWV 1079, from "The Musical Offering" members of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields William Bennett, flute; Iona Brown, violin; Dennis Vigay, cello; Nicholas Kraemer, harpsichord Philips Duo 442556 "JS Bach: The Musical Offering" | |
9 am | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2 I Musici Philips 422370 "Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 46: "Behold and see, if there be any sorrow" Hannover Children's Choir; Leonhardt Consort Kurt Equiluz, tenor; Ruud van der Meer, bass; Rene Jacobs, alto Warner Classics 567107 "J. S. Bach: The Complete Bach Edition" | |
| Johann Christoph Pezel · Sonata in C for clarino (C-trumpet), bassoon and b.c. Southwest German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim Erik Schultz, trumpet; David Haward, bassoon EBS 6054 "Cantabile Virtuos" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Flute Sonata in C, BWV 1033 Paul Fried, flute; Mark Kroll, harpsichord; Ronald Feldman, cello Golden Tone 563742 7413 "Bach - Sonatas for Flute, Harpischord & Cello Continuo" | |
| Johann Scheibe · Sinfonia in D Concerto Copenhagen Chandos 0550 "Scheibe: Sinfonias" | |
10 am | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti · "Gloria Patri" from "Dixit Dominus" The English Concert & Choir Nancy Argenta, Ingrid Attrot, soprano; Catherine Denley, contralto; Stephen Varcoe, bass; Ashley Stafford, alto Archiv Produktion 423386 "Vivaldi: Gloria" | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti · Sonata No. 20 in C, Part III Camerata Cologne CPO 999619 Alessandro Scarlatti - 7 Concerti con Flauto | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 (reconstruction of original version) Ensemble Sonnerie Avie 2171 "Bach: Four Orchestral Suites" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Zadok the Priest" Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra; Apollo's Singers Avie Records 2270 "Handel: Dixit Dominus; Zadok the Priest" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Prelude and Fugue in a, BWV 894 Jean Louis Steuerman, piano Philips 420176 "Bach: Piano Works" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Recorder Concerto in F, TWV 51:F1 Arion Early-Music.com 7763 "Telemann: Tutti Flauti!" | |