The concerto transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach
date from his second period at the court in Weimar
(1708–1717). Bach transcribed for organ and
harpsichord a number of Italian and Italianate
concertos, mainly by Antonio Vivaldi, but with others
by Alessandro Marcello, Benedetto Marcello, Georg
Philipp Telemann and the musically talented Prince
Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar. It is thought that most of
the transcriptions were probably made in 1713–1714.
Their publication by C.F. Peters in th...(+)
The concerto transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach
date from his second period at the court in Weimar
(1708–1717). Bach transcribed for organ and
harpsichord a number of Italian and Italianate
concertos, mainly by Antonio Vivaldi, but with others
by Alessandro Marcello, Benedetto Marcello, Georg
Philipp Telemann and the musically talented Prince
Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar. It is thought that most of
the transcriptions were probably made in 1713–1714.
Their publication by C.F. Peters in the 1850s and by
Breitkopf & Härtel in the 1890s played a decisive role
in the Vivaldi revival of the twentieth century.
Bach's transcription BWV 979 was long considered as
being after a Violin Concerto in D minor Giuseppe
Torelli, but a more trustworthy source ascribes the
original to Antonio Vivaldi (RV Anh. 10). Indeed, this
exciting piece is much more typical of Vivaldi, and is
clearly an early work, written in the freely-flowing,
'fantastic' concerto manner closely related to the
style of Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico from 1711, with
which Bach was also familiar. The transcription for the
harpsichord has been carried out with great flair.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerto_transcriptions_
for_organ_and_harpsichord_(Bach)).
Although originally written for Harpsichord. I created
this Transcription of the Concerto in B Minor (BWV 979)
for Piano.
