Ete Canadien (Canadian Summer) - Alain Lefevre

Here B. won the fame of one of the largest representatives of the new instr. style marked by liveliness and impulsiveness of utterance. However, B. gravitated to lyricism. images that found expression in his commitment to the melodious allegro dating back to J. Pergolesi. “The embodiment of tenderness and loving languor was better for him than a high tragedy, ” wrote K. F. D. Schubart about him. A number of features of B. 's style were adopted by V. A. Mozart, whom B. patronized during his stay in London (1764).