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Mother’s Day – history

Mother’s Day Proclamation – Julia Ward Howe

Anna Jarvis – Mother’s Day

The Universal Language of Lullabies

First Hour

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Sonata BWV1033: Adagio & Menuetto, Duo Arparimba, Animato, ACD6108, PAS DE DEUX

Marin Marais (1656-1728), Suite à deux violes en ré mineur (Premier livre, 1686), A 2 violes esgales, Jonathan Dunford – basse de viole, Sylvia Abramowicz – basse de viole, Thomas Dunford – archlute, Musica Ficta, MF8024, MARIN MARAIS SUITES A DEUX VIOLES

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Sonata #3 in f, Michala Petri – recorder, David Petri – cello, Hanne Petri – harpsichord, RCA, 59112, ARTIST OF THE CENTURY – THE ULTIMATE RECORDER COLLECTION

Tarquinio Merula (1584/5-1665), Sentirete Una Canzonetta, Montserrat Figueras – voice, Arianna Savall – harp & voice, Ferran Savall – voice, Jordi Savall – vielle, Alia Vox, AV 9841, DU TEMPS & DE L’INSTANT

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Orchestral Suite #2 in b BWV1067: Overture, Rondeau, Sarabande, Bourree 1 & 2, Polonaise. Double, & Menuet, Shanghai Quartet, Eugenia Zukerman – flute, Anthony Newman – harpsichord, Delos, 3173, MUSIC FOR A SUNDAY MORNING

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), MESSIAH: If God be for us, American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas, Arianna Zukerman – soprano, Delos, 3360, MESSIAH (AUTOGRAPH SCORE – VERSION OF 1741)

Second Hour

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Gloria RV588: Et in terra pax, Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Analekta, AN 2 9995, THE RETURN OF ANGELS

Francois Couperin (1668-1733), La Paix du Parnasse: Vivement, Rondement, & Saillie Vivement, Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot, Mirare, MIR 150, FRANCOIS COUPERIN APOTHEOSES

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Judas Maccabaeus: Part III: O lovely peace (Duet), Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor Lubeck, Rolf Beck, Nuria Rial – soprano, Lucia Duchonova – mezzo soprano, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 88697720242, HANDEL: JUDAS MACCABAEUS

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), LA PAIX (Largo alla Siciliana) from Fireworks, London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, EMI, 72064, SUNDAY PAPER

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Nais: Rigaudons, Tambourins, & Loure, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen, Glossa, 921106, JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU ORCHESTRAL SUITES

Georg Philipp Telemann, Suite “Querre ou la Paix”, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Astoria, 90006, RAMEAU & BIBER & SCHMELZER & TELEMANN: BATAILLE

Third Hour

Antonio de Cabezon (c.1510-1566), Durmendo un jorno, Verdelot
Fabritio Caroso (c.1527/35-after 1605), Balletto: Amor mio, Seldom Sene Recorder Quintet, Brilliant Classics, 95304, EL AIRE SE SERENA MUSIC FROM THE COURTS AND CATHEDRALS OF 16TH C. SPAIN

Anthony Holborne (c.1545-1602), Lullaby (galliard)
John Bull (c.1562-1628), Coranto: Alarm
William Byrd (c.1540-1623), The Bells, Canadian Brass, Sony, 45792, CANADIAN BRASS – ENGLISH RENAISSANCE MUSIC

Salomone Rossi (c.1570-1630), Hashkiveinu (lay us down to sleep in peace), New York Baroque, Eric Milnes, Dorian, 93210, THE SONGS OF SOLOMON VOL.1: MUSIC FOR THE SABBATH

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Goldberg Variations: Aria, Var.1-3, Var.28-30, & Aria da capo, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian, 90281, GOLDBERG VARIATIONS ARRANGED FOR STRINGS & CONTINUO

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Trios pour le coucher du Roy, Chatham Baroque, Dorian, 90272, DANSE ROYALE

William Ballet (17th c.), Lutebook lullaby:Sweet was the Song, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium, 106, CHRISTMAS NIGHT: CAROLS OF THE NATIVITY

Fourth Hour

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite #6 in D BWV1012: Gavotte 1 & 2, Matt Haimovitz – cello, Pentatone, 5186 555, THE CELLO SUITES ACCORDING TO ANNA MAGDALENA

Johann Sebastian Bach (168501750), Partita #6 in e BWV830: toccata & corrente, Rochelle Sennet – piano, Albany, Troy 1910-12, BACH TO BLACK SUITES FOR PIANO VOLUME II

Elisabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729), Sonate in d for violin and basso continuo, Emmanuel Resche-Caserta – violin, Myriam Rignol – bass viol, Thomas Dunford – archlute, William Christie – harpsichord, Harmonia Mundi, HAF8905379, BILL & FRIENDS

Francesca Caccini (1587-1640), Ciaconna, Capella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini, Gian Luca Lastraioli, Brilliant Classics, 94461, CACCINI: SACRED & SECULAR SONGS

Antonia Padoani Bembo (c.1643-c.1715), Habbi pietà di me (Have mercy on me), L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar, Céline Scheen – soprano, WONDER WOMEN

Princess Anna Amalia (1723-1787), Flute Sonata in F, Infusion Baroque, Leaf Music, LM246, VIRTUOSA

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