JC Bach: Sonata in D major, Op. 5, No. 2 - Hans Kann, 1962 - MHS 619

Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 - January 1, 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. -----------
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[@davidhertzberg]

Mozart's keyboard concerto, based on this sonata: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIKmY59-q66kgqc

[@RoberttAvro]

JC Bach forever. Love his music so much. The two times the Mozart family played for the British royal family it was JC Bach as the Queens Music Master, who chose the music for the young Mozart to sight read. He chose music by his father, his own, Handel's, Karl Abel's and G. Wagenseil's. Of course we all know the story about how impressed everybody was with Wolfgang's and Nannerl's playing. Queen Charlotte even sang a song with Wolfgang accompanying her on the keyboard, and Wolfgang and JC played pieces together with each taking a few bars and the other taking over. Nannerl wrote that if you turned away you would not be able to tell who was playing. I wish I could have been there!

[@messrtwinky]

Fascinating story. No doubt about it, but where did you learn about this? Great, simply great 😃

[@RoberttAvro]

@@messrtwinky That information was taken from the 1989 book "John Christian Bach, Mozart's Friend and Mentor," by author/historian Heinz Gartner, as translated from German by Reinhard Pauley. It's a well written book that deals extensively with Bach's life in London and his very successful career there. And much of the original info Gartner used and that we now have about the April 27th and May 19th 1764 Mozart family appearances before the royal family, came from the letters Leopold Mozart wrote to his landlord Hagenauer back in Salzburg. Since he was on a leave of absence from his regular job Leopold wanted to ensure that everybody back in Salzburg knew how successfully everything was going on their tour so he wrote a detailed account of all they did, and he also requested that Hagenauer save the letters, which he did, fortunately for us.

[@shadowjuan2]

What a beautiful composition and wonderful performance! I’m delighted and happy to find this elegant work on KZbin. It’s undoubtful the influence his work had on Mozart, it’s simply all there! Even more wonderful is to learn that JC Bach was friends with Mozart, JC Bach being son of the greatest composer of all times JS Bach. What an incredible thing.

[@declanflannery7377]

Always liked this sonata, I played it as a student back in the day and the Mozart concerto based off of it was the first I ever played with an orchestra. Thanks for the upload, would love to see this and J. C. Bach's music played more often as a whole!

[@johnvalentine4720]

The English Bach, known to posterity mainly as the teacher and greatest influence on the young Mozart.

[@messrtwinky]

Wonderful performance!! Enticing composition with many appealing themes; especially those in the Andante. I can't imagine a finer interpretation. Thanks, too, for the choice tidbit of Mozart being friends with J.C. and liking this Sonata enough so as to use it in a Piano Concerto. Love hearing historical context! Fleshes out the names of composers and their composition(s). Thank you, David!!

[@SuenosPerdidos]

I: 0:00 II: 4:17 III: 7:03

[@SrPeemeele]

4:20 adagio amabile

[@user-sb9jj2oq4o]

気晴らしか。だる

[@suminah1526]

1악장 00:04

[@natfrey6503]

I don’t think this is Bach, sounds like Mozart.

[@aukej6024]

It’s from Johann Christian Bach, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was friends with Mozart, who liked this piece and converted into his own harpsichord music (KV 107).

[@natfrey6503]

@@aukej6024 Wow, thanks for correcting me! I didn't read the title carefully. Really wonderful music.

[@davidhertzberg]

@@aukej6024 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIKmY59-q66kgqc

[@gustavoguardiola9223]

Well, he was Mozart's teacher. He was one of the musicians who invented the classical melody.

[@elaineblackhurst1509]

⁠@@gustavoguardiola9223 Not sure JC ‘…invented the Classical melody’, judging from your name, you should perhaps know he discovered it whilst in Italy between c.1756 and 1762 after which he left for a new life in England.