J.S. Bach (c. 1710): Concerto in D Major After Vivaldi, BWV 972
After Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto for Five Violins And Continuo, RV 230
II. Larghetto
This is a remarkable musical curiosity: a bona fide co-composition by the two Baroque giants, Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi. Relatively early in his career, Bach came across Vivaldi's earliest published concertos and was sufficiently impressed that he transcribed them for solo harpsichord (with various alterations and additions of his own). When these transcriptions were redicovered and published in the 19th century (by which time Bach was idolised and Vivaldi almost entirely forgotten), they kickstarted the great Vivaldi revival of the 20th century. There is more background on these transcriptions at Wikipedia.
My recording for mandolin quartet of the larghetto from the first of the transcribed harpsichord concertos is based on a string quartet arrangements by Mike Magatagan at:
https://musescore.com/mike_magatagan/scores/4455701
This transfers to mandolins really nicely, possibly because of the similarity in the tonality to the harpsichord. Comparing Bach's version with Vivaldi's, the melody line is almost verbatim Vivaldi, with some modifications in the harmonisation.
1890s Umberto Ceccherini mandolin
Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin
Mid-Missouri M-111 octave mandolin
Suzuki MC-815 mandocello
Martin
Antonio Vivaldi And Bach
Bach Bwv 972 After Vivaldi
By George Bozarth Co-Artistic Director, Musique du Jour Presents. Last weekend I mentioned that, in addition to arranging a four-violin concerto from Antonio Vivaldi’s popular L’estro Armonico, op. 3, for four harpsichords and strings, Bach “reduced” three concertos from this set for unaccompanied harpsichord, and two more for organ. Discover releases, reviews, track listings, recommendations, and more about Bach., Janos Sebestyen. Six Solo Concerti After Vivaldi at Discogs. Complete your Bach., Janos Sebestyen. collection. The most noticeable characteristics of Bach’s organ concertos after Vivaldi is probably the arranger’s faithful adherence to the original compositions: Bach does not change the basic structure of any of the movements at all. Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for solo organ No. 2 in A minor, BWV 593 (BC J86) (after Vivaldi, Op.