Johann Christian Bach
Johann Christian Bach (1735 – 1782)
Sinfonia from Gioas, re di Giuda W.D1
Recitativo and Aria Armati di furore
from Gioas, re di Giuda
Sinfonia G minor op. 6/6
Recitativo and Aria Mon âme aurait trop de peine
from Amadis de Gaule W.G39
Recitativo and Aria Se tiranni, o dei
from L’Endimione W.G15
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Concerto for harpsichord F minor W.73
Aria Parto, addio.
from Zanaida W.G5
Tambourin
from Amadis de Gaule
Arie ’Midst silent shades
from A third collection of favourite songs sung at Vaux Hall by Miss Cowper W.H33
Duration 1 H. 45 Min. incl. intermission after approx. 45 Min.
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Johann Christian Bach
Abstract
Johann Christian Bach
Of the four Bach sons who became famous as composers, Johann Christian Bach was the youngest. Born in Leipzig in 1735, his path led to London via Italy, where he founded a successful concert company with Karl Friedrich Abel and in 1764 met the 8-year-old Mozart, whose style he decisively influenced. Among his works, which prepared the ground for Viennese Classicism, are numerous operas and over sixty symphonies. Riccardo Minasi has compiled a concert program from them, which he presents with the Orchestra La Scintilla. The young soprano Anna El-Khashem, who was last heard as Susanna under Gustavo Dudamel in Paris, sings selected arias.