If Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote a dull piece of music, I've not yet heard it. And even if there is a workaday piece or two lurking within his 300 keyboard sonatas, you certainly won't find it on ...

Handel and Haydn Society Celebrates Mozart, CPE Bach and Friends as Spring Streaming Season Continues Mozart, CPE Bach, and Friends will be available free, with a suggested donation of $10, on March ...

This week we look at CPE Bach's music and reputation in the light of the sensational rediscovery of much of his archive in 1999. Throughout the week we'll hear recent recordings of this 'new' music.

In these days of uncertainty, music can provide a safe haven, an escape, or even a boost of energy. I've found all of that and more in a new recording of the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the ...

When it comes to musical dynasties, it's tough to top the Bach family. From town fiddlers to court composers, the Bachs dominated German music for seven generations. Today, Johann Sebastian towers ...

What unexpected Joy! But I am getting ahead of myself. Let me lower expectations, first: The Gallant style wedged between late Baroque and the Classical style, of which Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach is ...

CPE Bach There's a venerable old quotation, attributed to a variety of philosophers and theologians that goes something like this: when the angels make music for their own enjoyment, it's Mozart, but ...

The love and passion of ancient repertoire and music from all horizons led Anna Besson, Louis Creac'h, Robin Pharo and Jean Rondeau to create the group Nevermind in 2013. Together they share and ...

Think of musical perfection and you think of JS Bach. Every note perfectly placed, every harmonic sequence pleasing in its logic, every extended structure immaculately organised. Crucially, Bach's ...

This week we look at CPE Bach's music and reputation in the light of the sensational rediscovery of much of his archive in 1999. From 1750, for the next 60 years, the name 'Bach' was almost ...