Bach arranged various Vivaldi concertos for organ and harpsichord. The Concerto in A minor, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society 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 Bach’s 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/
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Netherlands Bach Society
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