PBO presents A Musical Offering Bach: Old vs. New
Legend relates that Johann Sebastian Bach exclaimed, ‘‘’Tis Prussian Blue! It fades easily!’’ when describing the music of his son Carl Philipp Emmanuel. This was surely a teasing reference to the galant style, with its open musical textures and avoidance of ‘’old-school’’ counterpoint. Our program offsets the contrapuntal wizardry of Bach senior with this new style –...
Source: allclassical.org