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[details ←] More Miniature Classics, trumpet,
[details ←] Solos for Classical Guitar, guitar,
[details ←] Classics-Romantics-Moderns, piano,
[details ←] Sonate in C (Sonata in C major), harpsichord,
[details ←] Bach, C.P.E.: Geistliche Oden und Lieder (Gellert)
[details ←] Triosonate in D (Trio Sonata in D major), violin, flute,
[details ←] Hamburger Sonata in G Major, Wq. 133 (Flute / Piano / Harpsichord), piano, harpsichord, flute,
[details ←] Concerto in A minor
[details ←] Concerto in A Major, H 437-39, Wq 168, 172, 69
[details ←] Sonata in A minor (Flute), flute,
[details ←] Solfeggietto in C Minor, Wq 117/2, piano,
[details ←] Selected Keyboard Works, Book IV: Six Sonatas, piano, organ, harpsichord,
[details ←] Selected Keyboard Works, Book III: Five Sonatas, piano, organ, harpsichord,
[details ←] Selected Keyboard Works, Book II: Miscellaneous Pieces, piano, organ, harpsichord,
[details ←] Selected Keyboard Works, Book I: Short and Easy Pieces, piano, organ, harpsichord,
[details ←] Die neue Litanei 2 (Lord of all, be merciful), choral, vocal,
[details ←] Die alte Litanei 1 (Lord of all, be merciful), choral, vocal,
[details ←] Magnificat, viola, horn, violin, oboe, trumpet, french horn, percussion, flute, bassoon, , choral, vocal,
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Born: 8 March 1714 — Weimar — Germany
Died: 14 December 1788 — Hamburg — Germany
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Life

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is the third son of J.S. Bach. First he studied music in Leipzig with his father and then studies the law before coming back to music. In 1740 he is one of the musician of Frederic the great, king of Prussia et teaches music in the "Lateinschule" and in 5 churches in Hambourg. C.Ph. Bach is considered as a master of what is called "Empfindsamkeit", wich is very common in the second half of the XVIIIth century. He composed many orchestral work for keyboard, chamber music, concertos, oratorios, 22 passions, cantatas, lieders, etc.

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28 July 2012: Wells Cathedral Cathedral Green Wells, Somerset Mozart Mass in C minor, CPE and JS Bach

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