The ritornello theme, given to the tutti and reinforced at times by harpsichord obbligato (but never actually played by the harpsichord, as per tradition) is made to alternate with the more elaborate gestures of the soloist. The ritornello design of the opening Allegro is firmly in the Corelli- Vivaldi tradition that Bach knew so well. BWV 1055 is a rich three-movement piece, the detailed harpsichord textures and seamless design of which have lead many musicologists to believe that it is in fact one of the last of Bach's seven complete concertos for single harpsichord to have been arranged, showing how quickly and how well he was able to absorb the promising new genre into his own personal idiom. 4 in A major for harpsichord, strings, and continuo, BWV 1055, has not survived, it seems to have been a concerto for oboe d'amore originally composed by Bach sometime during his years as Kapellmeister at Cöthen (1717-1723). Or, perhaps even the ingenious Bach was unsure of what an actual harpsichord concerto would be like and so - having effectively plundered his own and other composers' music so many times in the past - he simply proceeded to do so again when, during the late 1730s, the Leipzig Collegium Musicum put together some ad hoc performances of music for harpsichord and orchestra.Īlthough the source work upon which Bach drew when writing the Concerto No. Why, precisely, this is so remains a bit unclear perhaps the entrenched role of the harpsichord as a continuo instrument made it difficult for the composer to conceive of it combined with an ensemble in any other way. Bach's pen yet, while Bach did come up with about fourteen concertos featuring one or more harpsichordists in solo roles, it is important to note that as far as we can tell, Bach never once actually composed a concerto for harpsichord and ensemble - he only arranged them from already existing instrumental concertos (usually, but not exclusively, his own). Music history records that the world's first harpsichord concertos were the product of J.S.
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