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CPE Bach 300th Anniversary

Piers Adams celebrates the 300th anniversary of the birth of CPE Bach. Including interviews with German musicians and tracks from new CDs released to mark the occasion.

Piers Adams celebrates the 300th anniversary of the birth of CPE Bach with tracks from new CDs released to mark the occasion. There are also interviews with musicians in Leipzig, Hamburg and other cities around Bach's native Germany who reveal how they will be celebrating the year.

In his time, CPE Bach was one of Europe's most famous and popular composers: a friend of English music scholar Charles Burney wrote to him in 1774, "I find the Carlophilipemanuelbachomania grow upon me so, that almost every thing else is insipid to me". He is now all but overshadowed by his more celebrated father, and so this anniversary year (he was born on 8th March 1714) is an opportunity to hear his music afresh.
This is the first of three Early Music Show tributes to CPE Bach during this anniversary year.

58 minutes

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Sun 9 Mar 2014 14:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony for Strings in B flat major, Wq.182 no.2: 1st movement

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'OISEAU-LYRE : 417 124-2, Track 4.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute sonata in G major, Wq.127

    Ensemble: Musica ad Rhenum.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS : 94323, CD1 Tracks 1-3.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Heilig ist Gott, Wq.217

    • HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC 902167, Track 11.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto in G major, Wq.43/5

    Performer: Mikl贸s Sp谩nyi. Ensemble: Concerto Armonico Budapest.
    • BIS : BISCD 1957, Tracks 1-3.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Magnificat: 1st movement

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC 902167, Track 1.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keyboard Sonata in C major, Wq.51/4 - last movement

    Performer: Mikl贸s Sp谩nyi.
    • BIS : BIS 2043, Track 3.

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  • Sun 9 Mar 2014 14:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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