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Bach and the Princess
Music from the Prussian court by J. S. Bach, C. P. E. Bach and Anna Amalia of Prussia
Part of the Blackheath International Chamber Music Festival 2018
Add to my Calendar 28-10-2018 18:00 28-10-2018 20:00 36 Bach and the Princess The different generations of the Bach musical dynasty worked across modern-day Germany and internationally, but with few places did they have as long a relationship as with the Prussian court. This was at its closest when Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, son of Johann Sebastian, was employed for thirty years by the music-loving Frederick the Great. It was also during this time that J. S. Bach made his famous visit to the court, leading to his Musical Offering, a collection of pieces based on a theme given to him by Frederick as a musical challenge. This was not Johann Sebastian’s first contact with the Prussian Royal House: earlier in his career, he had dedicated a set of six concertos to Frederick’s great-uncle Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Even after C. P. E. Bach left to take up a position in Hamburg, he remained court composer to Frederick’s sister Anna Amalia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg. Anna Amalia shared her brother’s passion for music and studied composition with Johann Philipp Kirnberger, himself a pupil of J. S. Bach; as well as a composer, she was a noted patron and collector of music. Nor did the Bach family’s connection with the Prussian court end here: later on, one of J. S. Bach’s grandsons would serve as its music director. All Saints Church, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
All Saints Church
All Saints Drive
Blackheath
London
SE3 0TY
England
Programme
Anna Amalia Abbess of Quedlinburg – Trio Sonata (1748)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Flute Concerto in G major, H.445
~ Interval ~
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major, BWV 1049
Performers
Lana Trotovsek – Violin
Boris Bizjak – flute
Yu-Wei Hu – flute
London Brandenburg Soloists
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Programme Note
The different generations of the Bach musical dynasty worked across modern-day Germany and internationally, but with few places did they have as long a relationship as with the Prussian court. This was at its closest when Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, son of Johann Sebastian, was employed for thirty years by the music-loving Frederick the Great. It was also during this time that J. S. Bach made his famous visit to the court, leading to his Musical Offering, a collection of pieces based on a theme given to him by Frederick as a musical challenge. This was not Johann Sebastian’s first contact with the Prussian Royal House: earlier in his career, he had dedicated a set of six concertos to Frederick’s great-uncle Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Even after C. P. E. Bach left to take up a position in Hamburg, he remained court composer to Frederick’s sister Anna Amalia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg. Anna Amalia shared her brother’s passion for music and studied composition with Johann Philipp Kirnberger, himself a pupil of J. S. Bach; as well as a composer, she was a noted patron and collector of music. Nor did the Bach family’s connection with the Prussian court end here: later on, one of J. S. Bach’s grandsons would serve as its music director.
