Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) - Concerto a 4 voce (1763)

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Johann Christian Bach! 🎹🎻 Composer: Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) Work: Concerto (B-Dur) a 4 voce, Op.1 (1763), IJB 80 Performers: Maria Kalamkarian (1903-1988, piano); Consortium Musicum Concerto a 4 voce (1763) 1. Allegretto 0:00 2. Minuetto 6:17 Painting: Jean-Baptiste Charpentier (1728-1806) - La famille du Duc de Penthièvre dit la tasse de chocolat HD image: Painting: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) - Johann Christian Bach HD image: Further info: Listen free: No available --- Johann Christian Bach (Leipzig, 5 September 1735 - London, 1 January 1782) German composer. The youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, he received his earliest musical training from his father and a cousin, Johann Elias Bach. After serving as a secretary to his father the final year of his father’s life, he moved to Berlin in 1750, receiving further instruction from his brother Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. In 1755 he left for Milan, where he eventually obtained the patronage of Count Agostino Litta. Following study with Padre Giovanni Battista Martini and conversion to Roman Catholicism, he was appointed second organist at the Milan cathedral in 1760. A commission for an opera from the Teatro Regio in Turin the same year, however, altered his fortunes; the work, Cantone in Utica, was a success that led both to commissions throughout Italy and an international reputation as a composer of Italian opera. In 1762 he was invited to London, where he set the opera Orione. Its success and the appointment as Music Master to the Queen allowed him to reside permanently there. A further trip to Paris solidified his ability to publish his music, and, finally, his lodging with compatriot Carl Friedrich Abel resulted in a collaborative concert series beginning in 1764. For the next decade he traveled regularly to Paris where his works were highly esteemed, and in 1772 he was invited to Mannheim to set the opera Temistocle. In 1779 he wrote his first tragédie lyrique for Paris, Amadis de Gaule. Despite the successes, competition with rival concert a difficult economic situation, and ill health led to his early death. Bach can be considered one of the pivotal composers of the age. Unlike his brothers Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, he fully immersed himself in the Italian style, creating works that feature clear period lyrical themes, solid harmonic foundations, and distinct formal structures. His orchestration, often using obbligato instruments, is colorful, and Bach used various Mannheim orchestral devices to great effect. He was one of the most popular composers of the period, whose music had circulation throughout Europe, influencing a later generation of composers, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was a prolific composer in virtually all genres. His works include 39 operas, three serenatas, an oratorio, seven Mass/Requiem movements, 28 other sacred works, 15 concert arias and cantatas, 45 songs/canzonetts, 34 symphonies, 19 sinfonia concertantes, 28 keyboard concertos, 11 other concertos (violin, flute, oboe, and bassoon), six wind symphonies, 11 marches, a sextet, 13 quintets (string and piano), 20 quartets (string, flute, and piano), 14 trio sonatas, 12 trios (almost all piano trios), 26 violin sonatas, two viola da gamba sonatas, 23 keyboard sonatas (four for keyboard four hands), and numerous miscellaneous pieces for the keyboard and harp. His music has been cataloged according to Terry (T) or Warburton (W or CW) numbers.