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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was an influential 18th-century composer and musician, the second son of Johann Sebastian Bach. Known for his pioneering work in the development of the classical style, he contributed significantly to the transition between Baroque and Classical music, impacting composers like Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
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Concerts in season 2024/25 or later where works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is performed
A concert program featuring works by Emmanuel Séjourné (Marimba Concerto), Gordon Jacob (Bassoon Concerto), C.P.E. Bach (Cello Concerto in A major and Flute Concerto in D minor), Alfred Schnittke (Concerto Grosso No. 3), Giovanni Bottesini (Capriccio di Bravura for Double Bass), and Lars-Erik Larsson (Trombone Concertino).
The opening concert of this year’s International Bach Festival Hamburg will feature Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Passion cantata »Die letzten Leiden des Erlösers«, written for Hamburg, performed in the Laeiszhalle by the ensemble Concerto Köln, which specialises in historical performance practice, and the Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Choir. Together with the final concert on Easter Sunday, it forms the thematic arc of this Bach festival centred on the Passion and Resurrection.
With Dorothee Oberlinger, the International Bach Festival Hamburg has invited a real shooting star for early music. The recorder player and conductor is one of today’s leading international figures in the field of early music and has been honoured with numerous national and international music awards. She is coming to the International Bachfest Hamburg 2025 with very different works in her luggage.
The Magnificat by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, in which Mary expresses her love for God, but in which Mary is also celebrated as the epitome of love among mankind, forms the jubilant prelude to the final concert of this year’s International Bach Festival Hamburg with its youthful fire. In this concert, father and son face each other. Can the younger one stand up to the comparison with the older one? Can the son emancipate himself from the father with whom he was trained and learnt? The performers for this musical comparison are the Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Choir Hamburg, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Hansjörg Albrecht.