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Composer of the Week: CPE Bach

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With Roderick Swanston.
"Music must primarily touch the heart." (CPE Bach, autobiography) CPE Bach continued his innovative and experimental approach to composition right into old age. In the final programme of the week,
Roderick Swanston introduces a selection of radical works from the Hamburg years.
Symphony in F, Wql83 No 3
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra, conductor Hartmut Haenchen
Quartet in G, Wq95 Les Adieux
Heilig, Wq21 7
Hilke Helling (contralto), Rheinische Kantorei , Das Kleine Konzert , conductor Hermann Max
Symphony in D, Wql83 No 1 CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra, conductor Hartmut Haenchen Repeated next Friday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Roderick Swanston.
Introduces:
Roderick Swanston
Conductor:
Hartmut Haenchen
Contralto:
Hilke Helling
Contralto:
Rheinische Kantorei
Conductor:
Das Kleine Konzert
Conductor:
Hermann Max
Conductor:
Hartmut Haenchen
Source: Radio Times

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