Johann Christian Bach

[1] He received his early musical training from his father, and later from his half-brother, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin.

In 1762 he became a composer to the King’s Theatre in London where he wrote a number of successful Italian operas and became known as "The English Bach".

He became one of the most influential figures of the classical period, influencing compositional styles of prolific musicians like Haydn and Mozart.

[4] In 1762, Bach travelled to London to première three operas at the King's Theatre, including Orione on 19 February 1763.

In 1764 or 1765, the castrato Giusto Fernando Tenducci, who became a close friend, created the title role in his opera Adriano in Siria at King's.

One of London's primary literary circles, which included Jane Timbury, Robert Gunnell Esq., Lord Beauchamp, and the Duchess of Buccleuch, was acquainted with Bach, and members were regular attendees at his events.

5 into keyboard concertos, and in later life Mozart "often acknowledged the artistic debt he owed" to Johann Christian.

Sinfonia concertante influenced many of Bach’s contemporaries, like Mozart and Haydn, and provided a framework for further compositions.

The concerts where created in collaboration with his friend and German virtuoso viola da gamba player, Carl Friedrich Abel.

Previously, live music performances were limited to private, aristocratic settings; however, these subscription concerts were made available to the wider public, allowing middle class people to engage in the arts and society.

The Bach-Abel concerts decreased in popularity and ended due to changing musical tastes and Bach's death.

J. C. Bach's memorial,
St Pancras Churchyard , London