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Scholars believe that Bach did not conceive of the four orchestral suites as a set (in the way he conceived of the Brandenburg Concertos), since the sources are various, as detailed below. The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis catalogue includes a fifth suite, BWV 1070 in G minor. However, this work is highly unlikely to have been composed by J. S. Bach. [2]
Orchestral Suite No. 1: C maj. 2Ob Bas Str Bc 31 1: 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 31 1: 24 VII/1: 27 Ouverture Rondeau Sarabande 2Bourrée 2Polonaise Minuet Badinerie 01253: 1068 11. c.1730 Orchestral Suite No. 3: D maj. 3Tr Tmp ...
English Suites, BWV 806–811; French Suites, BWV 812–817; Partitas for keyboard, BWV 825–830; Overture in the French style, BWV 831; Other: Miscellaneous suites, BWV 818–824; Miscellaneous suites and suite movements, BWV 832–845
Bach composed a four-part setting with independent orchestral accompaniment of two stanzas of the hymn Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne, which had been written by Martin Janus in 1661 and was commonly sung to a Johann Schop melody, Werde munter, mein Gemüthe.
Bach's third Orchestral Suite in D major, composed in the first half of the 18th century, has an "Air" as second movement, following its French overture opening movement. The suite is composed for three trumpets , timpani , two oboes , strings (two violin parts and a viola part), and basso continuo .
"Sheep may safely graze" (German: Schafe können sicher weiden) is a soprano aria by Johann Sebastian Bach to words by Salomon Franck.The piece was written in 1713 and is part of the cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 (Only the lively hunt pleases me), also known as the Hunting Cantata.
The Overture in the French style, BWV 831, original title Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art, also known as the French Overture and published as the second half of the Clavier-Übung II in 1735 (paired with the Italian Concerto), is a suite in B minor for a two-manual harpsichord written by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Lute Suite in C minor, BWV 997; Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996; O. Orchestral suites (Bach) Overture in the French style, BWV 831; P. Partita for keyboard No. 2, BWV 826;