Bach is in the Air
05/03/11 10:00AM By Walter Parker
Jeffrey Buettner is one of the organizers of the first-ever Middlebury Bach Festival, which will bring together Middlebury College and the surrounding community for 3 days of concerts and other activities May 6-8. William Metcalfe will lead the Oriana Singers in a separate performance of Bach's St. John Passion at St. Paul's Cathedral in Burlington on Sunday May 8 at 4pm. Jeffrey and William join me at 11 this morning to talk Bach.
Playlist
10:01am
Ruslan & Ludmilla: Overture
| Composer | Mikhail Glinka |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Claus Peter Flor |
| CD/Album | Smetana, Liszt, Sibelius, Glinka, Tchaikovsky |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 60119 |
10:09am
Serenade #10 (for Winds) "Gran Partita" in Bb, K 361 (aka: Serenade For 13 Winds)
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestra of St. Luke's |
| Conductor | Charles Mackerras |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Serenade in B-flat major for 13 Winds |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80359 |
11:00am
Jeffrey Buettner & William Metcalfe on Bach
11:01am
Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G, BWV 1048
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Il Giardino Armonico |
| CD/Album | Bach: Brandenburg Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Teldec 98442 |
11:12am
Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein Neues Lied, BWV 225 ("Sing unto the Lord a New Song")
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The Sixteen |
| Conductor | Harry Christophers |
| CD/Album | Bach: The Six Motets |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 66369 |
11:25am
Cantata #191 "Gloria in excelsis Deo"
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Bach Choir of Bethlehem & Bach Festival Orchestra |
| Conductor | Greg Funfgeld |
| CD/Album | Bach - Vialdi: The Bach choir of Bethlehem |
| Record co./Cat # | Analekta 9873 |
11:37am
St. John Passion: opening and chosing choruses, BWV 245
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 419324 |
12:01pm
String Quartet #2 in G, Op. 18/2
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Miro String Quartet |
| CD/Album | Beethoven: String Quartets, Opus 18 (complete) |
| Record co./Cat # | Vanguard 1655 |
12:25pm
La Mer ("The sea")
| Composer | Claude Debussy |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Paavo Jarvi |
| CD/Album | Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune / Nocturnes / La Mer / Berceuse Heroique |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80617 |
12:52pm
El Condor Pasa
| Composer | Jorge Morel |
|---|---|
| Soloists | John Williams, guitar |
| CD/Album | Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 89141 |
12:56pm
Scherzino Mexicano
| Composer | Manuel Ponce |
|---|---|
| Soloists | John Williams, guitar |
| CD/Album | Classic Williams: Romance of the Guitar |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 89141 |
1:01pm
Concerto for 2 Pianos #2 in Ab
| Composer | Felix Mendelssohn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Bystrik Rezucha |
| Soloists | Joshua Pierce & Dorothy Jonas, piano duo |
| CD/Album | Mendelssohn: Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 for Two Pianos |
| Record co./Cat # | MSR Classics 1330 |
1:44pm
Sonata in C, K 159
| Composer | Domenico Scarlatti |
|---|---|
| Arranger | (transcribed for harp by Victoria Drake) |
| Soloists | Victoria Drake, harp |
| CD/Album | Scarlatti's Harp |
| Record co./Cat # | Well-Tempered Productions 5168 |
1:49pm
Sonata in b, K 87
| Composer | Domenico Scarlatti |
|---|---|
| Arranger | (transcribed for harp by Victoria Drake) |
| Soloists | Victoria Drake, harp |
| CD/Album | Scarlatti's Harp |
| Record co./Cat # | Well-Tempered Productions 5168 |
1:54pm
Sonata in Bb, K 545
| Composer | Domenico Scarlatti |
|---|---|
| Arranger | (transcribed for harp by Victoria Drake) |
| Soloists | Victoria Drake, harp |
| CD/Album | Scarlatti's Harp |
| Record co./Cat # | Well-Tempered Productions 5168 |