“BACH FAMILY”

This great family of German musicians has in JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) its more illustrious member, and through a compilation of sonatas for violin and harpsichord we will see as the style evolves into the hands of his son CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH (1714-1788). Although in our days the music of Carl Philipp Emanuel is not so well considered as the one of his father, at his time he was better known as "the greater Bach", and he represents the transition of Baroque to Classicism, through style galant, Sturm und Drang and the so-called empfindsamer Stil. The texts of "The little chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach" show us the more human side of this renowned family.

Narrator: Josep Saguer

INSTRUMENTS

- Violin Edmond Saunier (Bordeaux, 1757)
- Harpsichord copy of a flemish model of Ruckers school, built by Josep Saguer (2006)

Sonata no. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015 - J.S. BACH
I- (no indication of movement)
II- Allegro assai
III- Andante un poco
IV- Presto

Sonata in G minor H 542.5 (BWV 1020) - C.Ph.E. BACH
I- Allegro
II- Adagio
III- Allegro

Sonata in D Major, H 502, Wq 71 - C.Ph.E. BACH
I- Adagio ma non molto
II- Allegro
III- Adagio
IV- Menuet I-II

Sonata no. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019 - J.S. BACH
I- Allegro
II- Largo
III- Allegro
IV- Adagio
V- Allegro

“MOZART: TRIP TO PARIS 1777-1779”

What did this trip mean to the young Wolfgang? Wolfgang, 21 years old, goes to Salzburg in search of the lost paradise of childhood trips where everyone was naturally a friend of his and he was the natural friend of the world. But now Wolfgang is no longer a child prodigy offering a spectacle, but an adult claiming a situation. Through the letters we will learn the creative moment, as when passing through Mannheim is shocked to find one of the best orchestras in Europe. This is the first trip he made without his father, authoritarian and dominating person even by mail. He set off for Paris accompanied by his mother, who died during this time…

Text: Màrius Moneo
Narrator: Josep Saguer

INSTRUMENTS

- Violin Edmond Saunier (Bordeaux, 1757)
- Fortepiano copy of a Walter&Sohn model with “una corda” (approx. 1805), built by Paul McNulty (Divisov, 2008)

The performed sonatas for violin and fortepiano were written by WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) during the mentioned trip:
Sonata in A Major KV 305 (293^d) - Mannheim, beginning of 1778
I- Allegro di molto
II- Thema – Var. I-VI

Sonata in E minor KV 304 (300^c) - Paris, beginning of summer 1778
I- Allegro
II- Tempo di Menuetto

Sonata in B flat Major KV 378 (317^d) – Salzburg, beginning of 1779
I- Allegro moderato
II- Andantino sostenuto e cantabile
III- Rondeau: Allegro