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Composer of the Week: CPE Bach

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CPE Bach served as harpsichordist to Frederick the Great for 30 years. He became well known for his innovative and quirky keyboard works and even more famous for his Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard
Instruments. With Roderick Swanston.
Prussian Sonata in F, Wq48 No 1:
Wurttemberg Sonata in A minor, Wq49 No 1 Bob van Asperen (harpsichord) Fantasia in C minor (Probestuck Sonata in F minor, Wq63 No 6)
Christopher Hogwood (clavichord) Concerto in D minor, Wq23
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord), Collegium Aureum
Repeated next Tuesday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Roderick Swanston.
Harpsichord:
Bob van Asperen
Unknown:
Christopher Hogwood
Harpsichord:
Gustav Leonhardt
Source: Radio Times

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