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Jonathan Swain

Jonathan Swain introduces works inspired by Bach, from Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams and d'Indy. Plus Dutilleux's Symphony No 2 and Bach's Oboe Concerto in C minor, BWV1060.

This week's Building A Library choice is Bach's Concerto for oboe, violin and strings in c minor, BWV1060, and as well as playing the selected recording in full, Jonathan Swain explores works of other composers inspired by Bach, including Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams and D'Indy. Plus a recording of Symphony No. 2 by Dutilleux, "Le Double".

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 Apr 2016 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No.1 in B flat major BWV 825: Gigue

    Performer: Andreas Staier.
    • Andreas Staier: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasies and Fugues.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 006.
  • Édouard Ferlet

    Je me souviens plus

    Performer: Violaine Cochard. Performer: Édouard Ferlet.
    • Bach: Plucked/Unplucked performed by Violaine Cochard and Edouard Ferlet.
    • ALPHA.
    • 009.
  • Anders Hillborg

    O dessa ögon [Oh these eyes]

    Singer: Hannah Holgersson. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hillborg: Beast Sampler, O dessa ogon, Cold Heat, Sirens etc..
    • BIS.
    • 002.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major Op.53

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • Winner Of The 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2015.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 001.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr BuxWV 41

    Ensemble: Cantus Cölln. Director: Konrad Junghänel.
    • Buxtehude* / Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel ‎– Geistliche Kantaten.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 003.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor BWV1060

    Performer: Antoine Torunczyk. Performer: Manfredo Kraemer. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Director: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos, Concerto Copenhagen, Mortensen.
    • CPO.
    • 010.
  • Édouard Ferlet

    Aparte

    Performer: Violaine Cochard. Performer: Édouard Ferlet.
    • Bach: Plucked/Unplucked performed by Violaine Cochard and Edouard Ferlet.
    • ALPHA.
    • 002.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Concerto Op.40 No.2

    Performer: Julia Bogorad. Performer: Kathryn Greenbank. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Tippett/Holst/Corelli/Bach performed by The St Paul Chamber Orchestra, conducted.
    • Decca.
    • 008.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm Susser Tod BWV 478

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Stokowski's Symphonic Bach performed by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic / Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 013.
  • Knut Nystedt

    Immortal Bach

    Choir: Accentus Chamber Choir. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Barber: Adagio: Accentus.
    • Naive.
    • 003.
  • Vincent d’Indy

    Sarabande and Minuet Op.24b

    Performer: Pascal Rogé. Performer: Catherine Cantin. Performer: Maurice Bourgue. Performer: Michel Portal. Performer: Amaury Wallez. Performer: André Cazalet.
    • French Chamber Music.
    • Decca.
    • 002.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concerto (Accademico) for violin & strings in D minor

    Performer: James Oliver Buswell IV. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Works by Vaughan Williams performed by London Symphony Orchestra conducted by An.
    • RCA.
    • 005.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Lamm Gottes unschuldig

    Performer: György Kurtág. Performer: Márta Kurtág.
    • Marta & Gyorgy Kurtag: Jatekok.
    • ECM.
    • 029.
  • Henri Dutilleux

    Symphony No. 2 'Le Double'

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2 / Metaboles / Etc..
    • Philips.
    • 001.
  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae Pavan

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • 16th-century English harpsichord & virginals music.
    • CRD.
    • 003.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.94 in G ‘The Surprise’

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.
    • Haydn: Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 001.

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Apr 2016 09:00