Bach Birthday Bash Part 1 – All the music on today’s program is by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
This Week’s Links
Rochelle Sennet – piano (Interview with Suzanne)
Bach’s Influence on Nina Simone
Pop/Rock/Rap Songs inspired by Bach
First Hour
Cantata BWV171 “Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm” – Aria “Jesus soll mein erstes Wort, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle – soprano, Itzhak Perlman – violin, Deutsche Grammophon 429737, THE BACH ALBUM
Concerto in c for oboe & violin BWV1060R, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Isabelle Faust – violin, Xenia Loffler – oboe, Harmonia Mundi HMM902335/56, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH VIOLIN CONCERTOS
Johann Sebastian Bach (168501750), English Suite #1 in A BWV806, Rochelle Sennet – piano, Albany Troy 1869-71, BACH TO BLACK SUITES FOR PIANO VOLUME I
Concerto in d for 4 harpsichords BWV1065, Cafe Zimmermann, Anna Fontana & Celine Frisch – harpsichords, Constance Bornder & Dick Borner – harpsichords, Alpha 181, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH CONCERTS AVEC PLUSIEURS INSTRUMENTS – VI
Organ Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525 – 1. (Allegro moderato), Gillian Weir – organ, GILLIAN WEIR ORGAN MASTER SERIES
Second Hour
Mass in G minor, BWV 235 – VI: Cum Sancto Spiritu, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO COR16115, JS BACH: LUTHERAN MASSES VOL.1
Contrapunctus 1-4, Brecon Baroque, Rachel Podger – violin, Channel Classics 38316, J.S. BACH THE ART OF FUGUE
Brandenburg Concerto #6 in Bb BWV1051, Apollo’s Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orchestra), Jeannette Sorrell, AVIE 2207, BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS, HARPSICHORD & VIOLIN CONCERTOS
WTC #1 Prelude BWV846, Xuefei Yang – guitar, EMI Classics 6 79018, XUEFEI YANG BACH CONCERTOS
Sonata in b BWV1030, Brasil Guitar Duo, Marina Piccinini – flute, AVIE 2196, BACH FLUTE SONATAS
Third Hour
2-Part Invention #14 in Bb BWV785, Invention #8 in F BWV779, Invention #1 in C BWV772, & Invention #10 in G BWV781, Janine Jansen – violin, Maxim Rysanov – viola, Decca 4759081, THE BACH ALBUM
Sonata #1 in b BWV1014, Isabelle Faust – violin, Kristian Bezuidenhout – harpsichord, Harmonia Mundi 902256/57, J.S.BACH SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & HARPSICHORD
Concerto in D after Vivaldi BWV972, Alison Balsom – trumpet(s), Colm Carey – organ, EMI 58047, JS BACH WORKS FOR TRUMPET
Partita #1 BWV1002: excerpt, Nokuthula Ngwenyama – viola, EDI RECORDS, J.S. BACH PARTITAS
Orchestral Suite #1 in C after BWV1066, Ensemble Sonnerie, Gonzalo X .Ruiz – oboe, AVIE 2171, ORCHESTRAL SUITES FOR A YOUNG PRINCE
Fourth Hour
Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, Fretwork, Harmonia Mundi, 907395, ALIO MODO
Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother BWV992, Ann-Helena Schlüter – piano, Hanssler 124-2, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH FANTASIAS & DUETS
Orgelbüchlein, BWV 599-644: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Arr. Abiton for Guitar), Raphaël Feuillâtre – guitar, Deutsche Grammophon, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
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
Cello Suite #1 in G BWV1007: prelude, courante, & sarabande, Yo Yo Ma – cello, Sony 190758 54652, YO-YO MA – SIX EVOLUTIONS
Motet #1 BWV225: Singet dem Herrn ein neues lied, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Wayne Marshall – chamber organ, Collegium 123, A BANQUET OF VOICES: MUSIC FOR MULTIPLE CHOIRS
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