CPE Bach

Recent years have seen surging interest in the multifaceted music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Nevermind has played its part in the rediscovery of a genius hailed by his younger contemporary Charles Burney as creator of works ‘so rich in invention, taste, and learning, that … each line of them, if wire-drawn, would furnish more new ideas than can be discovered in a whole page of many other compositions.’ The period-instrument quartet’s programme confirms Dr Burney’s analysis with works that linger long in the memory.

Programme:

CPE Bach:

• Sonata in A Wq. 48 No. 6: II. Adagio (transcribed for quartet)

• Quartet in A minor Wq. 93

• Quartet in D Wq. 94

• Quartet in G Wq. 95

• Sonata in A Wq. H135: II. Andante con tenerezza (transcribed for quartet)

Performers:

Nevermind
Anna Besson - flute
Louis Creac’h -violin
Robin Pharo - viola da gamba
Jean Rondeau - fortepiano