List_of_orchestral_works_by_Johann_Sebastian_Bach

List of orchestral works by Johann Sebastian Bach

List of orchestral works by Johann Sebastian Bach

Structured list and sortable table covering Bach's orchestral suites and concertos


Orchestral works by Johann Sebastian Bach refers to the compositions in the eleventh chapter of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV, catalogue of Bach's compositions),[1] or, in the New Bach Edition, the compositions in Series VII.[2]

Concertos

The orchestra of the concertos for one or more accompanied soloists (BWV 1041–1044, 1049–1050 and 1052–1065) consists in most cases of strings (two parts for violins and one viola part) and continuo (for example performed on cello and harpsichord). Such orchestra of the Baroque era can be indicated as string orchestra or chamber orchestra. In the 19th century, the Bach-Gesellschaft published Bach's concertos BWV 1041–1044 and 1046–1065 as chamber music – the designation as orchestral music becoming more common in the second half of the 20th century.[3] Apart from the concertos for more than one performer listed in the sections below, Bach also wrote concertos for a single unaccompanied harpsichordist or organist:

Violin concertos (BWV 1041–1043)

Triple concerto (BWV 1044)

Opening movement for a cantata, for violin and orchestra (BWV 1045)

Brandenburg concertos (BWV 1046–1051)

Keyboard concertos (BWV 1052–1065)

Reconstructed concertos

In Series VII of the New Bach Edition:[33]

Suites (BWV 1066–1070)

  • BWV 1066 – Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major (for woodwinds, strings and continuo); Movements: [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Courante, Gavotte I & II, Forlane, Menuet I & II, Bourrée I & II, Passepied I & II[34]
  • BWV 1067 – Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor (for traverso, strings and continuo); Movements: [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Rondeau, Sarabande, Bourrée I & II, Polonaise & Double, Menuet, Badinerie[35]
  • BWV 1068 – Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major (for oboes, trumpets, timpani, strings and continuo); Movements: [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Air, Gavotte I & II, Bourrée, Gigue[36]
  • BWV 1069 – Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major (for oboes, bassoon, trumpets, timpani, strings and continuo); Movements: [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Bourrée I & II, Gavotte, Menuet I & II, Rejouissance[37]
  • BWV 1070 – Orchestral Suite in G minor by an unknown composer[38]

Sinfonia (BWV 1071)

  • BWV 1071, renumbered as BWV 1046a: early version of the first Brandenburg Concerto.

Orchestral works in the 11th chapter of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (1998)

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References

  1. (BWV2a) Alfred Dürr, Yoshitake Kobayashi (eds.), Kirsten Beißwenger. Bach Werke Verzeichnis: Kleine Ausgabe, nach der von Wolfgang Schmieder vorgelegten 2. Ausgabe. Preface in English and German. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998. ISBN 3765102490 - ISBN 978-3765102493, pp. 424–436
  2. Werner Breig, translated by Steward Spencer. "The instrumental music", pp. 123–135, and "Composition as arrangement and adaptation", pp. 154–170, in The Cambridge Companion to Bach, edited by John Butt. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 9780521587808
  3. "Concerto, a BWV 1041". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 2020-04-15.
  4. "Concerto, E BWV 1042". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 2020-04-15.
  5. "Concerto, d BWV 1043". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 2020-04-15.
  6. "Concerto, a BWV 1044". Bach Digital. Leipzig: Bach Archive; et al. 2020-04-15.

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