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The Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052, is a concerto for harpsichord and Baroque string orchestra by Johann Sebastian Bach. In three movements, marked Allegro , Adagio and Allegro , it is the first of Bach's harpsichord concertos , BWV 1052–1065.
Two other concertos include solo harpsichord parts: the concerto BWV 1044, which has solo parts for harpsichord, violin and flute, and Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, with the same scoring. In addition, there is a nine-bar concerto fragment for harpsichord (BWV 1059) which adds an oboe to the strings and continuo.
The 5th Brandenburg Concerto, BWV 1050, always was a concerto for flute, violin and harpsichord, also in its earlier version BWV 1050a. Earlier versions for unaccompanied keyboard instruments of all three movements of the Triple Concerto, BWV 1044, are extant. Other harpsichord concertos, and related cantata movements if available, have been ...
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 1 (1893) Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 23 (1905–07) Zygmunt Stojowski. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 3 (1890) Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-flat, op. 32 (1909–10) Igor Stravinsky. Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (1923-4) Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra; Movements for Piano ...
A harpsichord concerto is a piece of music for an orchestra with the harpsichord in a solo role (though for another sense, see below). Sometimes these works are played on the modern piano (see piano concerto ).
Concerto for Harpsichord (2006) Lukas Foss. Piano Concerto No. 1 (1939–43) Piano Concerto No. 2 (1951) Jean Françaix. Concertino in G major (1932) Concerto (1936) César Franck. Variations brillantes sur la ronde favorite de Gustave III (1834–5) Piano Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 11 (juvenilia, 1835) Symphonic Variations, FWV 46 (1885)
Apart from his orchestral keyboard concertos and his solo organ concertos, Johann Sebastian Bach composed keyboard concertos for unaccompanied harpsichord: . Most of his Weimar concerto transcriptions, over twenty arrangements of Italian and Italianate orchestral concertos which he produced around 1713–1714 when he was employed in Weimar, were written for solo harpsichord (BWV 592a and 972 ...
The piano, when compared to the harpsichord, clavichord, or lute, presented technical changes (e.g., multiple steel strings for a given pitch, greater tension on the strings, larger sound board, more effective transfer of energy to the sound board) which allowed tones to be played more loudly and be sustained for a longer time.