Johann Christian Bach

Johann Christian Bach, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, was renowned in his time for his many operas, which exhibit great melodic invention and innovative orchestration. As a standard bearer of galant style, his instrumental creations, especially the overtures for double orchestra and the various sinfonia concertante, were very popular with the concert audiences and became new models for other composers such as Mozart. Sometimes known as the "London Bach" (to distinguish him from his brother, the "Berlin Bach," Carl Philipp Emanuel), he co-founded the Bach-Abel serie...