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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

Composer of the Week: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788): Episode 2: Accompanist to the King

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

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Episode 2: Accompanist to the King

Accompanist to the King

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Accompanist to the King

Donald Macleod on CPE Bach's move to Berlin to work as accompanist for Frederick the Great

Donald Macleod explores CPE Bach's move to Berlin in 1738 to work as an accompanist for Frederick the Great.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach moved to Berlin in 1738 to work as an accompanist for the Prussian Crown Prince, who soon became King Frederick the Great. Though Bach went was to remain in this position for thirty years, Frederick wasn't that keen on his music! In return, Bach spoke openly to the King about faults in his flute playing.

We hear pieces written for the king; and emotion-filled piano sonatas, and a concerto composed for the amateur musical gatherings that were becoming popular in Berlin at the time. We also hear part of Bach's first large-scale choral composition. Presented by Donald Macleod.

Prussian Sonata in C minor, Wq 48/4
Danny Driver, piano

Solo Flute Sonata in A minor, Wq 132
Ashley Solomon, flute

Concerto in D minor, Wq 23
Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord
Collegium Aureum

Magnificat (opening chorus: Magnificat anima mea Dominum)
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Hans-Christoph Rademann, director.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and music of CPE Bach, second don of Johann Sebastian

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of CPE Bach. Son of Johann Sebastian, he became a highly accomplished keyboard player, a master of improvisation and a prolific composer for the instrument

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