DLXV. BACH, J.S. (1685-1750)
Concerto in B Minor for Harpsichord, BWV 979 (>1713)
1. [Adagio] -- Allegro (1:16)
2. Adagio (0:40)
3. Allegro (3:20)
4. Andante (1:09)
5. Adagio (0:46)
6. Allegro (3:46)
Benjamin Alard, harpsichord
Bach had entered the service of Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimer in 1708, as court organist and chamber musician. He later had Bach fired, who was so indignant that the Duke had him jailed for four weeks before finally giving him his walking papers.
Before all that, however, JSB was commissioned by the Duke's nephew (who lived in a different castle) to create new transcriptions from previously existed "Italian-style" concerti -- the scores of which had just reached Weimar.
Many were by Vivaldi -- this one was originally a violin concerto in G Minor by Giuseppe Torelli -- who is said to have invented the solo concerto form.
These transcriptions, of course, are no mere copies or compromises -- Bach has reworked the Torelli to suit his own purposes in the complex transformation of the original material to the solo harpsichord:
Torelli
First movement
Second movement
Third movement
Fourth movement
Fifth movement
Sixth movement
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