| ›The Birth of the Symphony‹
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major BWV 1046
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony No. 5 in B minor Wq 182/5 (Hamburg)
Johann Christian Bach
Symphony in G minor op. 6/6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major KV 543
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3rd Highlight Subscription Concert
25-06-2008, 08:00 PM
Bremen, The Glocke
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| Soloists
| Sir Roger Norrington, Conductor
| Program
| When the name ›Bach‹ was mentioned during the second half of the eighteenth century, it was Carl Philipp Emanuel who was meant. Johann Sebastian's second son paved the way for Viennese Classicism. His six string symphonies from 1773 rang in the ›Sturm und Drang‹ movement, at whose head C. P. E. Bach positioned himself with his dramatic expressiveness. Thus the ›Hamburg Bach‹ directly expanded on his father's orchestral works.
J. S. Bach's most important contribution to orchestral music — the Brandenburg Concertos, scored for chamber ensembles — were composed in secluded Cöthen. The richness of instrumental colors and formal experimentation illustrate Bach's original assimilation of tradition and preparation of the way for the symphony.
The Classical period reached a pinnacle in the Symphony in E-flat major, K. 543. Mozart again matches himself against the successful Haydn but goes far beyond the imitation of form and style. He stakes out his unmistakable symphonic territory with drama and vividness.
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