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Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045

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Key
  
D major

Year
  
1746 (1746)

Genre
  
Concerto/Sinfonia

Catalogue
  
BWV 1045

Period
  
Baroque

Composed
  
1742 (1742)–1746

Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045

Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045, specifically known as, Violin Concerto movement BWV 1045, is an orchestral work for solo violin, three trumpets, timpani, two oboes, strings and Continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach. A late work composed in Leipzig between c. 1742 and 1746, surviving only as a fragment, the Concerto is often considered a sinfonia of a lost cantata.

Eric David Mackerness in Music Review described BWV 1045 as "second rate Bach" and violinistically "unmanageable".

References

Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045 Wikipedia