This Week’s Links

Bach Birthday Bash Part 1 – All music on today’s program is by Johann Sebastian Bach

Simone Dinnerstein – what draws her to Bach?

Yo-Yo Ma – what draws him to Bach?

Hilary Hahn – what does Bach mean to her?

Johann Sebastian Bach – biography

Johann Sebastian Bach – chronology

Statue in Arnstadt of Bach as a young man

Paul McCartney talks about inspiration from Bach

Bach Cantata BWV106 aka “ACTUS TRAGICUS

“Ahhhh, Bach!” from MAS*H

Rochelle Sennet (piano) – Suzanne’s interview

Rachel Barton Pine (violin) & Jory Vinikour (harpsichord) – Suzanne’s interview

Simone Dinnerstein (piano & conductor) – Suzanne’s interview

First Hour

Chorale Partita: BWV 767 O Gott, du frommer Gott, Simon Preston – organ, Deutsche Grammophon, 429775, Chorale Partitas BWV 766 – 767- 768 – 770

Cantata BWV106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Actus Tragicus): Sonatina, Coro GOTTES ZEIT IST DIE ALLERBESTE ZEIT, & concluding coro GLORIE, LOB, EHR UND HERRLICHKEIT, Amici Voices, Hyperion, CDA68275, BACH BWV106, BWV182, BWV229

Cantata BWV208:sheep may safely graze, Sinfonia Varsovia, Albrecht Mayer – oboe, Deutsche Grammophon, 476047, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH LIEDER OHNE WORTE TRANSCRIPTIONS FOR OBOE

Toccata in e BWV 914, Luc Beausejour – piano, Analekta, AN 2 9128, BAROQUE SESSION ON PIANO

Passacaglia & Fugue in c BWV582, Boulder Brass, Dorian, 93204, BOLDER BAROQUE

Gott ist mein Konig BWV71: (chorus) Du wollest dem Feinde, English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Soli Deo Gloria, 114, BACH ALLES MIT GOTT (world premiere recording)

Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother BWV992, Christophe Rousset – harpsichord, JS BACH: FANTASY

Second Hour

Mass in G minor, BWV 235 – VI: Cum Sancto Spiritu, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO, COR16115, JS BACH: LUTHERAN MASSES VOL.1

Chaconne BWV1004, Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Analekta, AN29132, CHACONNE- VOICES OF ETERNITY

3-Part Invention #1 in C BWV787, Janine Jansen – violin, Maxim Rysanov – viola, Torleif Thedeen – cello, Decca, 4759081, THE BACH ALBUM

Triple Concerto for flute, violin and harpsichord BWV1044, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rachel Beckett – flute, Maya Homburger – violin, Malcolm Proud – harpsichord, Soli Deo Gloria, 165, BACH CANTATAS GARDINER VOL.2: PARIS/ZURICH

Sonata #6 in G BWV1019, Rachel Barton Pine – violin, Jory Vinikour – harpsichord, Cedille, CDR 90000 177, JS BACH: THE SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & HARPSICHORD

Third Hour

Well Tempered Clavier Book 1: Prelude & Fugue #10 in e, Edward Aldwell – piano, Nonesuch, 79272, THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER BOOK 1

Canzona in d BWV588, Ton Koopman – organ,, Deutsche Grammophon, 413638, J.S.BACH: WORKS FOR ORGAN / WORKS FOR HARPSICHORD

Fugue #18 in e BWV548 “The Wedge”, Yo-Yo Ma – cello, Chris Thile – mandolin, Edgar Meyer – bass, Nonesuch, 558933, BACH TRIOS

Concerto in d for violin BWV1052R, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Isabelle Faust – violin, Harmonia Mundi, HMM902335/56, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH VIOLIN CONCERTOS

Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F BWV1047, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado, Reinhold Friedrich – trumpet, Michala Petri – recorder, Lucas Macias Navarro – oboe, Giuliano Carmignola – violin, Deutsche Grammophon, 4778908, BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS

Herr Gott nun schleu den Himmel auf BWV 617, Baroklyn, Simone Dinnerstein – piano, Jennifer Johnson Cano – mezzo soprano, Supertrain, STR075, COMPLICITE

Fourth Hour

“Little” fugue in g BWV578, Marie-Claire Alain – organ,, Erato, 88004, BACH – TOCCATA & FUGUE – PASSACAILLE – M.C. ALAIN

Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring BWV147, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Howard Griffiths, Sharon Isbin – guitar, Warner, 45312, SHARON ISBIN PLAYS BAROQUE FAVORITES FOR GUITAR

Aria variata in a (Ital variations) BWV989, Alison Balsom – trumpet, Alistair Ross – harpsichord, EMI, 58047, JS BACH WORKS FOR TRUMPET

Concerto for 2 Violins in d BWV1043, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, Hilary Hahn – violin, Margaret Batjer – violin, Deutsche Grammophon, B0000986, HILARY HAHN BACH CONCERTOS

Johann Sebastian Bach (168501750), English Suite #5 in e BWV810, Rochelle Sennet – piano, Albany, Troy 1869-71, BACH TO BLACK SUITES FOR PIANO VOLUME I

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