Early Music Vancouver: Bach’s Sons feat. Elinor Frey, cello & Pacific Baroque Orchestra
Free
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach — Cello Sonata in A major HW X/3
Johann Christian Bach — Chromatic Fugue on BACH W YA 50
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — Cello Concerto in A minor H. 432
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach — Selected works
Elinor Frey, cello
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (att.) – Orchestral Suite in G minor, BWV 1070
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach – Cello Sonata in A major, HW X/3
Johann Christian Bach – Chromatic Fugue on BACH, W YA 50
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Cello Concerto in A minor, H. 432
Of J.S. Bach’s children that survived into adulthood, four became composers whose music we still perform. While their musical facility reflects their father’s influence, each son had a very different path of travel, employment, and development of their musical voice. Johann Christian’s Chromatic Fugue on BACH pays homage to the serious, contrapuntal style of the past, but usually, the Bach sons write in the galant style of their own generation, characterized by simplicity and immediacy of appeal. The closeness of the Bachs sometimes complicates the attribution of their music. The Orchestral Suite in G minor, BWV 1070, once thought to be by father Johann Sebastian, was more likely written by Wilhelm Friedemann. The Cello Sonata in A major of Johann Christoph Friedrich seems liberated, natural, and comprehensible when played on a cello fit with a fifth string whereas the Cello Concerto in A minor of his older brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel fits well on the more popular 4-string instrument. Each work demonstrates the language of Sensibility (Empfindsamkeit): intimate, sensitive, and subjective. In their music, emotions are fleeting and instantaneous and, above all, the beauty of melody is emphasized.
The broadcast will become available at 7:30pm Pacific.
Watch the concert via the EMV Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EarlyMusicVancouver
Link to donate: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/52057