Profile: Jaap Schröder

February 23, 2022, 10:00 pm

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Baroque& Before 20-03
Detail of the gut strings of a classic violin (Photo: Anoixe, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons)

On this week’s edition of Baroque&Before, we celebrate violinist Jaap Schröder, one of the first pioneers to present performances of baroque, and later, classical works, on period instruments.

Recordings for this week’s program come from WFMT’s Richard and Mary L Gray Library.

Playlist

Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
Sinfonia in E Major
The Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble; Jaap Schröder, conductor
Music Sveciae MSCD 418 (1990)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Concerto #1 in a minor, BWV 1041
Jaap Schröder, violin; The Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
L’Oiseau-Lyre 400 080-2 (1982)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto in D Major for Two Violins, RV 513
Aston Magna (Jaap Schröder, featured soloist)
Nonesuch 9 79056-2 (1983)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Violin Concerto #2 in E Major, BWV 1042
Jaap Schröder, violin; The Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
L’Oiseau-Lyre 400 080-2 (1982)