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Work: Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172

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ComposerBach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
PeriodClassical
Work typeOrchestral
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Boulogne-BillancourtDynastie Bach

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Bach, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg, Bach C.P.E., Bach W.F., Telemann
Pulcinella Orchestra; Ophélie Gaillard
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Lammermuir Festival: Dunedin Consort in Mozart and C.P.E. Bach

Since reading Stravinsky’s assertion (in Poetics of Music) that “The more constraint one imposes, the more one frees oneself from the chains that shackle the spirit”, this paradox has fascinated me.
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OAE brings the music of C.P.E. Bach to life

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.

Altstaedt et Cohen à Québec : une réjouissante bromance musicale

Une rencontre entre deux musiciens au sommet de leur art dans des bijoux de Haydn et Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
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