An encore broadcast of Baroque&Before’s inaugural program, first heard January 2, 2014.
Baroque&Before: The First Ten Years
Playlist
Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566)
Diferencias sobre el Canto del Cavallero
Pavana con sus Glossas
Diferencias sobre Guárdame las vacas (Luys de Narváez)
Diferencias sober la Gallarda Milanesa
Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712)
Corrente Italiana
Tiento de Primer Tono
Tiento de Batalla
Anonymous, compiled by Antonio Martín y Coll (c.1660-c.1734)
Flores de Música
– Folías de España
– Españoletas
– Chacona
Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783)
Fandango
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata in e minor, BWV 914
Verso VRS 2125
ARTIST
Ignacio Prego, harpsichord
Opening & Closing Theme for Baroque&Before:
Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Piva, performed by Musica Reservata (Boston Skyline BSD 123)
In Their Own Words: Remembering Those Who Died in 2023
Recognizing the Chicagoans, musicians, artists, and friends of WFMT who died this past year.
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Ave Atque Vale: Hail & Farewell
As we near the close of 2023, we remember the life and work of some of the classical artists who died this past year, each of whom, in his or her own way, was dedicated to the performance and diffusion of early music: Maurice Bourgue, Grace Bumbry, Ingrid Haebler, Humbert Lucarelli, Thomas Stacy, and Thomas Wikman. We laud them tonight …
Playlist
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Oboe d’Amore Concerto in D, BWV 1053
Thomas Stacy, oboe d’amore; Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon, conductor
Naxos 8.570735
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Violin & “Echo Violin” Concerto in A, R. 552
Elliott Golub, violin; Music of the Baroque Orchestra; Thomas Wikman, conductor
Music of the Baroque MB-112
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)
Concerto in C for Trumpet, Three Oboes & Bassoon
Humbert Lucarelli, Joe Robinson, Alex Klein, oboes
Thomas Sefcovic, bassoon; Mark Gould, trumpet
New Brandenburg Collegium
MCA Classics MCAD 6402
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
French Suite No. 6 in E, BWV 817
Ingrid Haebler, piano
Philips 456823-2 (2)
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Trio Sonata No. 2 in G minor
Maurice Bourgue, Heinz Holliger, oboes; continuo ensemble
ECM 1671/72 (2)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Alceste: “Divinités du Styx”
Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stefan Soltész, conductor
Orfeo C081841A
A Baroque Christmas with Concerto Copenhagen & Il Giardino Armonico
The Christmas season was an extremely busy time for church composers in the eighteenth century: congregations expected newly written music every year.
Playlist
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764)
Concerto grosso in F minor, op. 1/8 “Per il Santo Natale”
– Largo/Grave; Vivace; Grave; Largo; Andante; Pastorale ad libitum
Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)
Concerto grosso No. 6 in G minor, op. 8/6 “Christmas Concerto per il Santissimo Natale”
– Grave/Vivace; Largo; Vivace
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Violin Concerto in E, RV 270 “Il riposo, per il Santissimo Natale”
– Allegro; Adagio; Allegro
Fredrik From, violin
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (ca 1690-1758)
Chaconne in A
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (1684-1762)
Concerto grosso in C “Con una Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale”
– Largo; Largo; Allegro
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Concerto grosso No. 8 in G minor, op. 6/8 “Fatto per la notte di natale”
– Vivace/Grave; Allegro; Adagio/Allegro/Adagio; Vivace; Allegro; Largo Pastorale ad libitum
ARTISTS
Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrich Mortensen: conductor, harpsichord, organ
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Recorder Concerto in F, RV 442
– Allegro non molto; Largo e cantabile; Allegro
Tarquinio Merula (ca 1595-1665)
Two Canzoni: La Piva; La Lusignola
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Flute Concerto in F, RV 433 “La tempesta di mare”
– Allegro; Largo; Presto
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Nisi Dominum in G minor, RV 608
-Cum dederit
Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
Sonata “La cetra”
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Recorder Concerto in C, RV 444
ARTISTS
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor
ENCORE
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Adagio, from Concerto grosso No. 8 in G minor, op. 6/8
(Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrich Mortensen: conductor, harpsichord, organ)
Handel’s “Judas Maccabaeus”
Handel recast the story of Judas Maccabeus as a celebratory ode to King George II, with music of unprecedented refinement, gripping suspense, and drama.
Playlist
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Thomas Morell (1703-1784), librettist
Judas Maccabaeus, oratorio in three acts, HWV 63
ARTISTS
Anna Dennis, soprano; Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano; Benjamin Hullett, tenor; Henry Waddington, bass
RIAS Chamber Chorus, Berlin
Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin
Justin Doyle, conductor
Bach & Kuhnau Magnificats for Advent
A program for Advent featuring Magnificats and festival cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Kuhnau.
Playlist
Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722)
Uns ist ein Kind geboren
Johann Kuhnau
Magnificat in C
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Magnificat in D, BWV 243a
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
– Dona nobis pacem
ARTISTS
Vox Luminis
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Lionel Meunier, conductor
Voces Suaves & Cafebaum Banda Barocca
A program of Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Johannes Bach, and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Playlist
Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708-ca.1763)
Quartet in g minor: “O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden”
Johann Bach (1604-1673)
Unser Leben ist ein Schatten, motet
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Komm, Jesu Komm, BWV 299, motet
Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42, cantata
ARTISTS
Cafebaum Banda Baraocca
Voces Suaves
Welcome to All the Pleasures: St. Cecilia’s Day with Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Internationally acclaimed keyboard artist and conductor Kristian Bezuidenhout leads works by Henry Purcell and George Frideric Handel.
Playlist
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Welcome to all the pleasures (Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day) Z.339
The Gordion Knot Unty’d, Z.597: “Overture”
King Arthur, Z. 628: Third Act “Hornpipe”
The Indian Queen, Z.630: Third Act Tune:”Rondeau”
The Virtuous Wife, Z.611: “Slow Air”
Hosanna to the Highest, Z.187
Chaconne in g minor
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Chandos Anthem No. 6: As Pants the Hart, HWV 251b
Trio Sonata in G, HWV 399
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Who can from joy refrain? (Birthday Ode for the Duke of Gloucester) Z.342
ARTISTS
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Kristian Bezuidenhout, director, harpsichord
Grace Davidson & Rachel Redmond, soprano
Alexander Chance, countertenor
Samuel Boden & Hugo Hymas, tenor
David Shipley, bass
Dueling Keyboards: Lahti International Organ Festival
Four of today’s best-known organ virtuosos – Olivier Latry (France), Shin-Young Lee (Korea/France), Guy Bovet (Switzerland,) and Hans-Ola Ericsson (Sweden) – try to outplay one another in a light-hearted competition of Who Played it Better?
Playlist
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
– Shin-Young Lee, organ
– Hans-Ola Ericsson, organ
Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537
– Guy Bovet, organ
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
– Guy Bovet, organ
– Olivier Latry, organ
Concerto Copenhagen 30th Anniversary Concert
In 2021, Concerto Copenhagen celebrated its 30th anniversary with a concert of favorites of the ensemble and the audience.
Playlist
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Excerpts from Les Boréades
– Ouverture – Air Andante (gracieux) – Les Vents – Air pour Borilée – Gavottes pour les Heures et les Zéphyrs – Rigaudons pour les Zéphyrs – Entrée de Polymnie
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)
excerpts from Suite from The Golovin Music
– Entrée – Larghetto – Gavottes I and II – Hornpipe
Georg Muffat (1653-1704)
Armonico Tributo: Sonata V
– Passacaglia
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17
– Overture
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
excerpts from Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6/8
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050
– Third Movement (Allegro)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
– Chaconne
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
– Air
ARTISTS
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen: harpsichordist, conductor