Classical Composer: | Bach, Johann Sebastian |
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Work: | Oboe Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059 |
Year Composed: | 1745 |
Instrumentation: | 0.2.0.1 - 1 harpsichord, 8.7.6.5.4 str, 1 cor anglais |
Publishers: |
C.F. Peters Frankfurt G. Schirmer, Inc. Edition Kunzelmann |
Duration: | 00:18:00 |
Period: | Baroque (1600-1750) |
Work Category: | Concerto |
Work Information
Available Recording(s)
Bach planned the Concerto BWV 1059, in its surviving version, as a work for obbligato harpsichord and oboe, the realization of this project, however, was unsuccessful from the first bar of the introduction. Luckily the outer movements survive in Cantata BWV 35 and allow the conclusion that this work was originally an oboe concerto. Unfortunately the form of the central movement is hard to uncover, since Bach arranged it in his cantata as an aria for alto, with organ obbligato and strings, a form that called for far-reaching changes. For this reason in the present release the slow movement used is taken from the oboe concerto by the Venetian composer Alessandro Marcello, which was transcribed by Bach for solo harpsichord.
Writer: Peter Wollny
Translated by: Keith Anderson
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