Name: Beethoven and C.P.E. Bach
Start: 2022-06-07T12:00:00
Location: University of California, Berkeley

Keiran Campbell

Sezi Seskir

Berkeley Festival & Exhibition

Although we were unable to celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday at the 2020 Festival, cellist Keiran Campbell (principal, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra) and fortepianist Sezi Seskir (Bucknell University) join forces for an exploration of music by Beethoven and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, whose embracing of the empfindsamer Stil (“sensitive style”) presaged Beethoven’s dramatic extravagances. Among works the duo will play will include Beethoven’s Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2; as well as C.P.E. Bach’s Gamba Sonata in C major, Wq. 136.