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List of orchestral works by Johann Sebastian Bach

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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), or, in the New Bach Edition, the compositions in Series VII.

Contents

Violin concertos (BWV 1041–1043)

  • BWV 1041 – Violin Concerto in A minor
  • BWV 1042 – Violin Concerto in E major
  • BWV 1043 – Concerto for 2 violins in D minor ("Double Concerto")
  • Triple concerto (BWV 1044)

  • BWV 1044 – Concerto for flute, violin and harpsichord in A minor (also known as "Triple Concerto")
  • Opening movement for a cantata, for violin and orchestra (BWV 1045)

  • BWV 1045 – Violin Concerto movement in D major, abandoned opening movement (sinfonia) to a lost cantata (?)
  • Brandenburg concertos (BWV 1046–1051)

  • BWV 1046 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major for violino piccolo, three oboes, bassoon, two corni da caccia, strings and continuo
  • BWV 1046a, formerly BWV 1071 – Sinfonia in F major (earlier version of BWV 1046)
  • BWV 1047 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major for trumpet, oboe, recorder, violin, strings and continuo
  • BWV 1048 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major for three violins, three violas, three cellos and continuo
  • BWV 1049 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major for violin, two fiauti d'echo (recorders), strings and continuo
  • BWV 1050 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major for harpsichord, violin, flute and strings
  • BWV 1050a – Concerto in D major for harpsichord, violin, flute and strings (earlier version of BWV 1050)
  • BWV 1051 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major for two violas, two violas da gamba, cello and continuo
  • Keyboard concertos (BWV 1052–1065)

  • BWV 1052 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D minor
  • BWV 1053 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in E major
  • BWV 1054 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D major (after BWV 1042, Violin Concerto in E major)
  • BWV 1055 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in A major
  • BWV 1056 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in F minor
  • BWV 1057 – Concerto for harpsichord, 2 recorders and strings in F major (after BWV 1049, Brandenburg concerto No. 4 in G major)
  • BWV 1058 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in G minor (after BWV 1041, Violin Concerto in A minor)
  • BWV 1059 – Concerto for harpsichord in D minor (an incomplete fragment of only 9 bars)
  • BWV 1060 – Concerto for 2 harpsichords and strings in C minor
  • BWV 1061 – Concerto for 2 harpsichords and strings in C major (original version for 2 harpsichords unaccompanied known as BWV 1061a)
  • BWV 1062 – Concerto for 2 harpsichords and strings in C minor (after BWV 1043, Double Violin Concerto in D minor)
  • BWV 1063 – Concerto for 3 harpsichords and strings in D minor
  • BWV 1064 – Concerto for 3 harpsichords and strings in C major
  • BWV 1065 – Concerto for 4 harpsichords and strings in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi's concerto for 4 violins in B minor, L'estro Armonico, Op. 3/10, RV 580)
  • Suites (BWV 1066–1070)

  • BWV 1066 – Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major (for woodwinds, strings and continuo)
  • [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Courante, Gavotte I & II, Forlane, Menuet I & II, Bourrée I & II, Passepied I & II.
  • BWV 1067 – Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor (for flute, strings and continuo)
  • [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Rondeau, Sarabande, Bourrée I & II, Polonaise & Double, Menuet, Badinerie.
  • BWV 1068 – Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major (for oboes, trumpets, timpani, strings and continuo)
  • [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Air, Gavotte I & II, Bourrée, Gigue.
  • BWV 1069 – Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major (for oboes, bassoon, trumpets, timpani, strings and continuo)
  • [Ouverture] (no description, two sections), Bourrée I & II, Gavotte, Menuet I & II, Rejouissance.
  • BWV 1070 – Orchestral Suite in G minor (spurious – W. F. Bach)
  • Sinfonia (BWV 1071)

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

    List of orchestral works by Johann Sebastian Bach Wikipedia


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