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We play, sing and pass on the work of Bach and his contemporaries and kindred spirits. Netherlands Bach Society performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords, BWV 1065.įounded in 1921 to perform Bach’s St Matthew Passion in the Grote Kerk, in Naarden, the Netherlands Bach Society has grown over the past century into a leading vocal-instrumental ensemble of national and international importance. 10, the Concerto in B minor for four violins, cello, strings, and continuo, RV 580, to his concerto in A minor for four harpsichords, strings and continuo, BWV 1065. Some two decades after the over twenty Weimar concerto transcriptions for unaccompanied keyboard instruments, Bach returned to L’estro armonico and transcribed its No. 3 also contained four concertos for four violins (Nos. 2, 5, 8, and 11), for unaccompanied organ (BWV 593 and 596). 8 and 11) of the four concertos for two violins (Nos. Similarly, in the same period, he transcribed two (Nos. 3, 9, and 12, for solo harpsichord (BWV 978, 972, and 976 respectively). Most likely in the period from July 1713 to July 1714, during his tenure as court organist in Weimar, Bach transcribed three of these violin concertos, Nos.
The accompaniment in these four concertos consists of violins (three parts), violas (two parts), cellos, and continuo (figured bass part for violone and harpsichord). 3, 6, 9, and 12) have a single violin soloist. That opus, published in 1711, contains twelve concertos for strings, four of which (Nos. The concerto for four harpsichords, strings, and continuo, BWV 1065, was the last of six known transcriptions Bach realized after concertos in Vivaldi’s Op.
Bach’s Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords, BWV 1065 is based on this work. Orchestre Chambre Nouvelle Europe performs Vivaldi’s Concerto in B minor RV.
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