International Bach Festival Hamburg

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's style, known as the "sensitive style", which on the one hand builds on what he had learned from his father Johann Sebastian, but on the other hand breaks completely new and unusual ground for the time, is characterized by the highest emotional expressiveness, sudden dynamic changes, unexpected harmonic turns and a dramatic unpredictability. Carl Philipp's fantasies, which impress with their free forms, harmonic surprises and constantly changing figurations, are particularly characteristic. His piano sonatas mark an important development in the history of musical form, breaking away from baroque traditions and displaying a cyclical, improvisatory structure. In his two-part textbook "Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen", which was already known throughout Europe at the time, Bach laid down new standards for fingering and musical expression. The harpsichord recital by specialist Miklós Spányi at the University of Music and Drama offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the unmistakable sound and musical world of the former court harpsichordist of Frederick II - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sensitive style meets Sturm & Drang.

Program
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sonata in C minor Wq. 48/4
Fugue in F major Wq. 119/3
Sonata in B flat major Wq. 65/20
Fugue in G minor Wq. 119/5
Sonata in B minor Wq. 65/13

Contributors
Miklos Spanyi

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