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),[1] or, in the New Bach Edition, the compositions in Series VII.[2]

Concertos[]

Main article: List of concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach

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)[]

Main article: Triple Concerto, BWV 1044
  • BWV 1044 – Triple Concerto in A minor for traverso, violin and harpsichord[7]

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

Main article: Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045

Brandenburg concertos (BWV 1046–1051)[]

Main article: Brandenburg Concertos
  • BWV 1046.1, formerly BWV 1046a, originally – Sinfonia in F major (early version of Brandenburg Concerto No. 1)[9]
  • BWV 1046.2, formerly BWV 1046 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major for violino piccolo, three oboes, bassoon, two corni da caccia, strings and continuo[10]
  • BWV 1047 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major for trumpet, oboe, recorder, violin, strings and continuo[11]
  • BWV 1048 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major for three violins, three violas, three cellos and continuo[12]
  • BWV 1049 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major for violin, two fiauti d'echo (recorders), strings and continuo[13]
  • BWV 1050.1, formerly BWV 1050a – Concerto in D major for harpsichord, violin, traverso and strings (early version of Brandenburg Concerto No. 5)[14]
  • BWV 1050.2, formerly BWV 1050 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major for harpsichord, violin, traverso and strings[15]
  • BWV 1051 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major for two violas, two violas da gamba, cello and continuo[16]

Keyboard concertos (BWV 1052–1065)[]

Main article: Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach
  • BWV 1052.1, formerly BWV 1052a – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D minor[17]
  • BWV 1052.2, formerly BWV 1052 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D minor (revised version)[18]
  • BWV 1053 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in E major[19]
  • BWV 1054 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in D major (after BWV 1042, Violin Concerto in E major)[20]
  • BWV 1055 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in A major[21]
  • BWV 1056 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in F minor[22]
  • BWV 1057 – Concerto for harpsichord, two recorders and strings in F major (after BWV 1049, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major)[23]
  • BWV 1058 – Concerto for harpsichord and strings in G minor (after BWV 1041, Violin Concerto in A minor)[24]
  • BWV 1059 – Fragment of a concerto for harpsichord in D minor[25]
  • BWV 1060 – Concerto for two harpsichords and strings in C minor[26]
  • BWV 1061.1, formerly BWV 1061a – Concerto for two harpsichords in C major (without orchestral accompaniment)[27]
  • BWV 1061.2, formerly BWV 1061 – Concerto for two harpsichords and strings in C major[28]
  • BWV 1062 – Concerto for two harpsichords and strings in C minor (after BWV 1043, Double Violin Concerto in D minor)[29]
  • BWV 1063 – Concerto for three harpsichords and strings in D minor[30]
  • BWV 1064 – Concerto for three harpsichords and strings in C major[31]
  • BWV 1065 – Concerto for four harpsichords and strings in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi's concerto for four violins in B minor, RV 580, L'estro Armonico, Op. 3 No. 10)[32]

Reconstructed concertos[]

Further information: Reconstruction of music by Johann Sebastian Bach § Concertos, and Concerto (Bach) § Reconstructions

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

  • BWV 1052R – Violin concerto in D minor
  • BWV 1055R – Oboe d'amore concerto in A major
  • BWV 1056R – Violin concerto in G minor
  • BWV 1060R – Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor
  • BWV 1064R – Concerto for three violins in D major

Suites (BWV 1066–1070)[]

Further information: Orchestral suites (Bach)
  • 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)[]

Legend to the table
column content
01 BWV Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (lit. 'Bach-works-catalogue'; BWV) numbers. Anhang (Annex; Anh.) numbers are indicated as follows:
  • preceded by I: in Anh. I (lost works) of BWV1 (1950 first edition of the BWV)
  • preceded by II: in Anh. II (doubtful works) of BWV1
  • preceded by III: in Anh. III (spurious works) of BWV1
  • preceded by N: new Anh. numbers in BWV2 (1990) and/or BWV2a (1998)
02 2a Section in which the composition appears in BWV2a:
  • Chapters of the main catalogue indicated by Arabic numerals (1-13)
  • Anh. sections indicated by Roman numerals (I–III)
  • Reconstructions published in the NBE indicated by "R"
03 Date Date associated with the completion of the listed version of the composition. Exact dates (e.g. for most cantatas) usually indicate the assumed date of first (public) performance. When the date is followed by an abbreviation in brackets (e.g. JSB for Johann Sebastian Bach) it indicates the date of that person's involvement with the composition as composer, scribe or publisher.
04 Name Name of the composition: if the composition is known by a German incipit, that German name is preceded by the composition type (e.g. cantata, chorale prelude, motet, ...)
05 Key Key of the composition
06 Scoring See scoring table below for the abbreviations used in this column
07 BG Bach Gesellschaft-Ausgabe (BG edition; BGA): numbers before the colon indicate the volume in that edition. After the colon an Arabic numeral indicates the page number where the score of the composition begins, while a Roman numeral indicates a description of the composition in the Vorwort (Preface) of the volume.[39]
08 NBE New Bach Edition (German: Neue Bach-Ausgabe, NBA): Roman numerals for the series, followed by a slash, and the volume number in Arabic numerals. A page number, after a colon, refers to the "Score" part of the volume. Without such page number, the composition is only described in the "Critical Commentary" part of the volume. The volumes group Bach's compositions by genre:[40]
  1. Cantatas (Vol. 1–34: church cantatas grouped by occasion; Vol. 35–40: secular cantatas; Vol. 41: Varia)
  2. Masses, Passions, Oratorios (12 volumes)
  3. Motets, Chorales, Lieder (4 volumes)
  4. Organ Works (11 volumes)
  5. Keyboard and Lute Works (14 volumes)
  6. Chamber Music (5 volumes)
  7. Orchestral Works (7 volumes)
  8. Canons, Musical Offering, Art of Fugue (3 volumes)
  9. Addenda (approximately 7 volumes)
09 Additional info may include:
  • "after" – indicating a model for the composition
  • "by" – indicating the composer of the composition (if different from Johann Sebastian Bach)
  • "in" – indicating the oldest known source for the composition
  • "pasticcio" – indicating a composition with parts of different origin
  • "see" – composition renumbered in a later edition of the BWV
  • "text" – by text author, or, in source

Provenance of standard texts and tunes, such as Lutheran hymns and their chorale melodies, Latin liturgical texts (e.g. Magnificat) and common tunes (e.g. Folia), are not usually indicated in this column. For an overview of such resources used by Bach, see individual composition articles, and overviews in, e.g., Chorale cantata (Bach)#Bach's chorale cantatas, List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale harmonisations in various collections and List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale Preludes.

10 BD Bach Digital Work page
Legend for abbreviations in "Scoring" column
Voices (see also SATB)
a A b B s S t T v V
alto (solo part) alto (choir part) bass (solo part) bass (choir part) soprano (solo part) soprano (choir part) tenor (solo part) tenor (choir part) voice (includes parts for unspecified voices or instruments as in some canons) vocal music for unspecified voice type
Winds and battery (bold = soloist)
Bas Bel Cnt Fl Hn Ob Oba Odc Tai Tbn Tdt Tmp Tr
bassoon (can be part of Bc, see below) bell(s) (musical bells) cornett, cornettino flute (traverso, flauto dolce, piccolo, flauto basso) natural horn, corno da caccia, corno da tirarsi, lituo oboe oboe d'amore oboe da caccia taille trombone tromba da tirarsi timpani tromba (natural trumpet, clarino trumpet)
Strings and keyboard (bold = soloist)
Bc Hc Kb Lu Lw Org Str Va Vc Vdg Vl Vne
basso continuo: Vdg, Hc, Vc, Bas, Org, Vne and/or Lu harpsichord keyboard (Hc, Lw, Org or clavichord) lute, theorbo Lautenwerck (lute-harpsichord) organ (/man. = manualiter, without pedals) strings: Vl I, Vl II and Va viola(s), viola d'amore, violetta violoncello, violoncello piccolo viola da gamba violin(s), violino piccolo violone, violone grosso
Background colours
Colour Meaning
green extant or clearly documented partial or complete manuscript (copy) by Bach and/or first edition under Bach's supervision
yellow extant or clearly documented manuscript (copy) or print edition, in whole or in part, by close relative, i.e. brother (J. Christoph), wife (A. M.), son (W. F. / C. P. E. / J. C. F. / J. Christian) or son-in-law (Altnickol)
orange-brown extant or clearly documented manuscript (copy) by close friend and/or pupil (Kellner, Krebs, Kirnberger, Walther, ...), or distant family member
Orchestral works in Chapter 11 of BWV2a
BWV 2a Date Name Key Scoring BG NBE Additional info BD
1041 11. 1730 Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1 A min. Vl Str Bc 211: 3
451: 233 		VII/3: 3 → BWV 1058 01223
1042 11. Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2 E maj. Vl Str Bc 211: 21 VII/3: 35 → BWV 1054 01224
1043 11. 1730–1731 or earlier Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra – Double Concerto D min. 2Vl Str Bc 211: 41 VII/3: 71 → BWV 1062 01225
1044 11. 1727
or later 		Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord and orchestra – Triple Concerto A min. Fl Vl Hc Str Bc 17: 223 VII/3: 105 after BWV 894/1, 527/2, 894/2 01226
1045 11. 1743–1746 Cantata opening: "Concerto" (Symphonic movement for violin and orchestra) D maj. Vl 3Tr Tmp 2Ob Str Bc 211: 65 I/34: 305 after unknown model by other composer?[41][42][43] 01227
1046.2 11. 1721-03-24 Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 F maj. 2Nho 3Ob Bas Vlp Str Bc 19: 3 VII/2: 3 after BWV 1046.1; /3, /7 → BWV 207(a)/1, /5a 01228
1046.1 11. c.1712-
1713? 		Sinfonia (opening of BWV 208?) F maj. 2Nho 3Ob Str Bas Bc 311: 69 VII/2: 225 → BWV 1046.2; /1 → BWV 52/1; was BWV 1046a, 1071[41] 01229
1047 11. 1721-03-24 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 F maj. Tr Fl Ob Vl Str Vne Bc 19: 3 VII/2: 43 01230
1048 11. 1721-03-24 Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 G maj. 3Vl 3Vla 3Vc Vne Hc 19: 3 VII/2: 73 → BWV 174/1 01231
1049 11. 1721-03-24 Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 G maj. Vl 2Fl Str Vc Vne Bc 19: 3 VII/2: 99 → BWV 1057 01232
1050.2 11. 1721-03-24 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (early version) D maj. Fl Vl Hc Vl Va Vc Vne 19: 3 VII/2: 145 after BWV 1050.1 01233
1050.1 11. 1720–1721 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (revised version) D maj. Fl Vl Hc Vl Va Vne 19: 3 VII/2: 145 → BWV 1050.2 01234
1051 11. 1721-03-24 Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 B♭ maj. 2Vla 2Gam Vc Vne Hc 19: 3 VII/2: 197 01235
1052.2 11. c.1738 Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra No. 1 (revised version) D min. Hc Str Bc 17: 3 VII/4: 3 after BWV 1052.1, BWV 146/1, /2 and 188/1 01236
1052.1 11. before 1726 Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra No. 1 (early version) D min. Hc Str Bc 17: 3 VII/4: 317 by Bach, C. P. E.?; → BWV 1052.2, BWV 146/1, /2 and 188/1 01237
1053 11. c.1738 Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra No. 2 E maj. Hc Str Bc 17: 3 VII/4: 79 after BWV 169/1, /5 and 49/1 01238
1054 11. c.1738 Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra No. 3 D maj. Hc Str Bc 17: 3 VII/4: 127 after BWV 1042 01239
1055 11. c.1738 Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra No. 4 A maj. Hc Str Bc 17: 3 VII/4: 161 after BWV 1055R? 01240
1056 11. c.1738 Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra No. 5 F min. Hc Str Bc 17: 3 VII/4: 197 after BWV 1056R?; /2 after BWV 156/1 01241
1057 11. c.1738 Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra No. 6 F maj. Hc 2Fl Str Bc 17: 3 VII/4: 221 after BWV 1049 01242
1058 11. c.1738 Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra No. 7 G min. Hc Str Bc 17: 3 VII/4: 283 after BWV 1041 01243
1059 11. c.1738 Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra No. 8 (abandoned fragment of 1st movement) D min. Hc Ob Str Bc 17: 3 VII/4: 313 after BWV 35/1 and earlier model (for oboe?); completions/
reconstructions usually based on BWV 35/1, /2 and /5 		01244
1060 11. c.1736 Concerto for 2 harpsichords and orchestra No. 1 C min. 2Hc Str Bc 212: 3 VII/5: 3 after BWV 1060R? 01245
1061.2 11. after 1732–1733 Concerto for 2 harpsichords and orchestra No. 2 C maj. 2Hc Str Bc 212: 39 VII/5: 109 after BWV 1061.1 01246
1061.1 11. 1732–1733 or earlier Concerto for 2 harpsichords (No. 2) C maj. 2Hc 212: 39 VII/5: 83 → BWV 1061.2 01247
1062 11. 1736 Concerto for 2 harpsichords and orchestra No. 3 C min. 2Hc Str Bc 212: 83 VII/5: 43 after BWV 1043 01248
1063 11. c.1730 Concerto for 3 harpsichords and orchestra No. 1 D min. 3Hc Str Bc 313: 3 VII/6: 3 after unknown model? 01249
1064 11. c.1730 Concerto for 3 harpsichords and orchestra No. 2 C maj. 3Hc Str Bc 313: 53 VII/6: 55 after BWV 1064R? 01250
1065 11. c.1730 Concerto for 4 harpsichords and orchestra A min. 4Hc Str Bc 431: 71 VII/6: 117 after Vivaldi, Op. 3 No. 10 01251
1066 11. May 1724–End 1725 Orchestral Suite No. 1 C maj. 2Ob Bas Str Bc 311: 3 VII/1: 3 Ouverture Courante 2Gavotte Forlane 2Minuet 2Bourrée 2Passepied 01252
1067 11. 1738–1739 Orchestral Suite No. 2 B min. Fl Str Bc 311: 24 VII/1: 27 Ouverture Rondeau Sarabande 2Bourrée 2Polonaise Minuet Badinerie 01253
1068 11. c.1730 Orchestral Suite No. 3 D maj. 3Tr Tmp 2Ob (Vl) Str Bc 311: 40 VII/1: 49,
119 		Ouverture Air 2Gavotte Bourrée Gigue 01254
1069 11. before late 1727 Orchestral Suite No. 4 D maj. 3Tr Tmp 2Ob Bas Str Bc 311: 66 VII/1: 79 Ouverture 2Bourrée Gavotte 2Minuet Réjouissance; /1 → BWV 110/1 01255
1071
see BWV 1046.1 01229

References[]

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