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Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

172315 min

This guide follows Bach’s Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (1723) in three parts: Allegro, Andante and Allegro assai.

Recording: Hilary Hahn (violin), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Omer Meir Wellber

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Follow all 21 sections as they play

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
I0:03–3:57

In A minor and 2/4. Some sources give no marking, and editions add . The orchestra's opening is built from short that are later pulled apart and recombined. The leads the Episodes, with the back between them and, for the last , after the second . The line between and orchestra is blurred: the violin breaks into later of the , and pieces of it appear in the part.

II4:11–11:01
III 11:18–14:56

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Johann Sebastian BachConcertosBaroque periodA minor

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