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Vivaldi x2
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, August 12, 2018 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
Why put the spotlight on just one solo instrument in a concerto when you could double your fun and showcase two? Unlike many of his Italian peers, Antonio Vivaldi did just that and wrote a number of concertos for two instruments, known as double concertos. Renowned British early music ensemble, La Serenissima, has just released an album of these doubly great creations called Vivaldi x2; We’ll listen to several tracks this week. And Rachel chats with cross-genre banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck who makes an appearance at the Brevard Summer Music Festival on August 18th with his Blue Ridge Banjo Concert. Find out what food he enjoys blackened.
Purchase Featured CD: La Serenissima: Vivaldi x2
Playlist
7 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Concerto in D (reconstructed from cantatas by Bruce Haynes) Montreal Baroque Band ATMA Classique 2565 "Nouveaux Brandebourgeois" | |
| Joseph Bodin Boismortier · Cello Sonata in G, Op. 50, No. 2 Brooklyn Baroque David Bakamjian, baroque cello Quill Classics 1010 "Boismortier: Sonatas for Cello" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · "Komm, Jesu, komm" BWV 229 Netherlands Chamber Choir Channel Classics 27108 "Bach Motets" | |
| Henry Purcell · King Arthur, suite Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Dhm Deutsche Harmonia 7723 "Purcell - Instrumental Music" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · French Suite No. 4 in Eb, BWV 815 Murray Perahia, piano Deutsche Grammophon "Bach: The French Suites" | |
8 am | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Viola Concerto in G National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada Pinchas Zukerman, viola Analekta 28783 "Baroque Treasury" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata No. 2 in c, BWV 526 (arr. for two keyboards) Rebecca Cypess, harpsichord; Yi-heng Yang, fortepiano Acis Productions 367 "In Sara Levy's Salon" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in G for Oboe & Bassoon, RV 545 La Serenissima Rachel Chaplin, oboe; Peter Whelan, bassoon Avie 2392 "Vivaldi x2 - Double Concertos" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · The Man Who Leaves All Power to God, BWV 647 The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Ton Koopman, organ Sony Classical 60681 "Simply Baroque II" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · O Stay With Us, BWV 649 The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Yo-Yo Ma, baroque cello Sony Classical 60681 "Simply Baroque II" | |
| George Frideric Handel · "Ombra mai fu" (Never was the shade of vegetation more dear and friendly) from "Xerxes" Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone Philips 456543 "Arie Antiche" | |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck · "Che faro senza Euridice" (What shall I do without Eurydice?") from "Orfeo ed Euridice" Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone Philips 456543 "Arie Antiche" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Gavotte & Rondeau, from Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006 Viktoria Mullova, violin Onyx 4040 "Bach: 6 Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin" | |
9 am | |
| Domenico Gallo · Trio Sonata No. 8 in Eb Parnassi musici CPO 999717 "Dominico Gallo: 12 Trio Sonatas" | |
| Domenico Gallo · Trio Sonata No. 11 in d Parnassi musici CPO 999717 "Dominico Gallo: 12 Trio Sonatas" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 113: "Lord Jesus Christ, You Highest Good" (selections) Leonhardt Consort; Collegium Vocale; Hannover Boys' Choir Rene Jacobs, alto; Sebastian Hennig, soprano Warner Classics 567107 "J. S. Bach: The Complete Bach Edition" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Prelude, from Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1066 Bela Fleck, banjo Sony Classical 89610 "Perpetual Motion" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Three-Part Sinfonia No. 10, BWV 796 Bela Fleck, banjo; Chris Thile, mandolin; Edgar Meyer, bass Sony Classical 89610 "Perpetual Motion" | |
| Domenico Scarlatti · Sonata in C, K. 159 Bela Fleck, banjo; Chris Thile, mandolin Sony Classical 89610 "Perpetual Motion" | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in F for two horns, strings and B.c., RV 539 La Serenissima Anneke Scott, Jocelyn Lightfoot, horns Avie 2392 "Vivaldi x2 - Double Concertos" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 Cologne Chamber Orchestra Naxos 8.5546 07 "J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos" | |
10 am | |
| Johann Pachelbel · "Ingressus in c" (O God, come to my assistance) The King's Singers; Charivari Agreable Signum Classics 198 "Johann Pachelbel Vespers" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Partie in A, BWV 832 Angela Hewitt, piano Hyperion 67499 "Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor; Aria Variata, etc." | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in A for Violin, Cello & Strings, RV 546 La Serenissima Adrian Chandler, violin; Vladimir Waltham, cello Avie 2392 "Vivaldi x2 - Double Concertos" | |
| Nicolas Chedeville · Sonata No. 4 in A, from "Il pastor fido" Rubato Appassionato Eyal Streett, bassoon; Antonia Tejeda, recorder; Sasha Agranov, cello MA Recordings 075 "Le Temple de Goût" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Organ Concerto No. 3 in d (reconstructed from BWV 35 & 1059) Northern Sinfonia Peter Hurford, organ in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York Decca 425479 "J. S. Bach: Organ Concertos" | |