This Southbank Centre concert of five of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's symphonies, alongside his Concerto in E flat for Harpsichord and Fortepiano showed just how much of a revolutionary this oft-overlooked composer was. The OAE were conducted by Rebecca Miller.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-88), the second son of J.S. Bach, was a hugely talented composer in his own right, but his music is still rarely heard on the concert stage. In fact, it is not just his works, but the whole pre-classical repertory between Bach/Handel and Haydn/Mozart still lies largely unexplored except in recordings.
