jmc's classics
I attended the SLSO concert on December Third. It featured The Sixth and First Of the Brandenburg concertos by J.S. Bach plus works by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788). He was a son of Johan. Sebastain Bach. There were other members of the Bach Family that were composers. CPE was from Johan's first marriage. he worked for King Frederick the Great of Prussia which was a German state. he was influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment.
The Works by CPE were the Sinfonia in C, Cello concerto in A and the Sinfonia in E minor. I have not been as familiar with the works of CPE. The Sinfonia in C was one of six works commissioned by arts patron Gottfried bon Swieten. the Cello concerto was written for the common people. he was living in Berlin at that time and Berlin had some of the finest musicians in Europe. The Brandenburg concertos were a set of concertos for various instruments and orchestra. That were commissioned by Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg. The Bach Family and a lor of the composers in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries worked on commissions by wealthy patrons. The sixth adn SEcond are my two favorites. The Second was the most popular. The third movement was used in the PBS Show Firing Line. they were written in 1721. The disc that I have of the brandenbergs is a two disc set. it is of Yehudi Menuhin conducting the Bath Festival Orchestra on the ENI label. It also features The Concerto for lute, Violin and Clevesin (BWV1044). I am not as Familiar with the music of CPE. At this time i do not have any of his aalbums.
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