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Viola Love
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, September 5, 2021 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
The classical music world is full of viola jokes, and violists don't always get their due. This week, however, we treat viola lovers to what is regarded as the first viola concerto dating from 1716-21. They can thank Telemann for that favor. We'll also hear a Bach cantata written for this week in the liturgical year, and there's music by Rameau celebrating the end of the War of Austrian Succession.
Playlist
7 am | |
| Ignacio de Jerusalem · Anthem and Psalm No. 18 Chanticleer; Chanticleer Sinfonia Teldec 361660 "Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe" | |
| Alessandro Scarlatti · Sinfonia to the oratorio, "Hagar and Ishmael banished" Accademia Bizantina Decca 473982 "Alesandro Scarlatti: Il giardino di rose" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in D, BWV 529 Ars Rediviva Supraphon 72521 "Bach Family" | |
| Tomaso Albinoni · Violin Concerto in Bb, Op. 9, No. 1 I Musici Felix Ayo, violin Philips 426080 "Albinoni: Six Concerti, Op. 9" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Toccata in c, BWV 911 Tatjana Rankovich, piano IBOX 611357 6306 "Tatjana Rankovich - Live at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie | |
| Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel · Concerto grosso in D Paris Orchestral Ensemble Maurice Andre, trumpet EMI Classics 47140 "Baroque Suites & Concertos for Trumpets" | |
8 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1039 The Raritan Players Rebecca Cypess, harpsichord; Yi-heng Yang, fortepiano Acis Productions 41769 "Sisters, Face to Face - The Bach Legacy in Women's Hands" | |
| Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville · Sonata No. 6, Op. 3 Les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble Archiv Produktion 474550 "Mondonville: 6 Sonates Op. 3" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in c for Violin & Oboe, BWV 1060 Netherlands Bach Ensemble Daniëlle Kreeft, oboe; Juditha Heberlin, violin Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau · Nais, orchestral selections Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Harmonia Mundi 907121 "Rameau: Orchestral Suites from Naïs & Le Temple de la Glo | |
9 am | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Bassoon Concerto No. 20 in F, RV 489 L'Onda Armonica (The Harmonic Wave) Sergio Azzolini, bassoon Naive 30573 "Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto V" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 25: "There is nothing healthy in my body" Concentus musicus of Vienna; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Choir Soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir, soprano; Paul Esswood, alto; Kurt Equiluz, tenor; Max van Egmond, bass Warner Classics 567107 "J. S. Bach: The Complete Bach Edition" | |
| Francesco Geminiani · Concerto grosso No. 11 in E (after Corelli, Op. 5, No. 11) Academy of Ancient Music Harmonia Mundi 290726 2 "Geminiani: Concerti Grossi after Corelli's Op. 5" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Violin Sonata in e, BWV 1023 Trio Settecento Rachel Barton Pine, violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, positiv organ Cedille Records 114 "Trio Settecento - A German Bouquet" | |
| Unico Wilhelm Wassenaer · Concerto Armonico No. 2 in Bb Combattimento Consort Amsterdam NM Classic 92030 "Wassenaer: Sei Concerti Armonici" | |
10 am | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Viola Concerto in G Musica Antiqua Cologne Florian Deuter, viola Archiv Produktion 463074 "Telemann String Concertos" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Et resurrexit," from Mass in b Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Harmonia Mundi 901614 "Bach: Mass in B Minor | |
| George Frideric Handel · Concerto Grosso in A, Op. 6, No. 11 The English Concert Archiv Produktion 001923 802 "Handel: Complete Orchestral Recordings" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Cantata BWV 156 "I stand with one foot in the grave..." English Chamber Orchestra Neil Black, oboe Sony 44650 "Pachelbel: Canon & Other Baroque Favorites" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · We hasten with eager yet faltering footsteps, from Cantata BWV 78 English Chamber Orchestra Sony 44650 "Pachelbel: Canon & Other Baroque Favorites" | |
| William Corbett · Suite in D The Parley of Instruments Mark Bennett, Michael Laird, trumpets Hyperion CDA 66 817 "Sound the Trumpet..." | |