Bach - Concerto in A minor BWV 1065 | Netherlands Bach Society
Bach arranged various Vivaldi concertos for organ and harpsichord. The Concerto in A minor, performed by Siebe Henstra, Menno van Delft, Pieter-Jan Belder and Tineke Steenbrink for All of Bach, is largely based on Vivaldi's Concerto in B minor for four violins and orchestra. But of course, he gave it an exciting twist, as in Bachβs version the soloists play harpsichords and B minor changed to A minor.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 16th 2016 at Ottone, Utrecht. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB or consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
For the interview with the harpsichordists on the Concerto in A minor go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT3sDx94wM0
For more information on BWV 1065 and this production go to http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-1065/
All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and her guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material http://allofbach.com/en/. For concert dates and further information go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/nederlandse-bachvereniging.
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Siebe Henstra, harpsichord 1
Menno van Delft, harpsichord 2
Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord 3
Tineke Steenbrink, harpsichord 4
Harpsichord 1: Titus Crijnen, 1992 after Johannes Ruckers, 1638
Harpsichord 2: Bruce Kennedy, 1989 after Michael Mietke
Harpsichord 3: Titus Crijnen, 2013 after Blanchet
Harpsichord 4: Lutz Werum, 2003 after Johannes Ruckers
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4:06 Largo
6:17 Allegro
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