Johann Sebastian Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1050, 1053, 1056 & 1057 Hanover Band & Andrew Arthur

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050:
• 1 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro 10:39
• 2 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: II. Affettuoso 05:43
• 3 Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: III. Allegro 05:36
• Harpsichord Concerto in E Major, BWV 1053 :
• 4 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in E Major, BWV 1053 : I. [Allegro] 08:47
• 5 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in E Major, BWV 1053 : II. Siciliano 04:31
• 6 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in E Major, BWV 1053 : III. Allegro 06:54
• Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056:
• 7 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: I. [Allegro] 03:30
• 8 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Adagio 03:01
• 9 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: III. Presto 03:36
• Harpsichord Concerto in F Major, BWV 1057:
• 10 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F Major, BWV 1057: I. [Allegro] 07:19
• 11 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F Major, BWV 1057: II. Andante 03:46
• 12 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F Major, BWV 1057: III. Allegro assai 05:05
• Total Runtime 01:08:27

Info for Johann Sebastian Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1050, 1053, 1056 & 1057

“JS Bach’s seven concertos for solo harpsichord & strings, occupy a significant place in the history of music, marking as they do the origin of the keyboard concerto genre. Collectively, they encompass the gamut of Baroque rhetorical expression; indeed, leaving aside the six ground-breaking ‘Brandenburg’ Concerts avec plusieurs instruments, it is difficult to think of a more diverse, revolutionary and technically refined set of instrumental concertos from the Baroque period” - Andrew Arthur Their second recording on Signum Classics, The Hanover Band play-directed by Andrew Arthur present four of these revolutionary concertos, following their successful first album “BMV 1052, 1054, 1055 & 1058 Harpsichord Concertos”.

Andrew Arthur, harpsichord, conductor
Hanover Band

Andrew Arthur
enjoys a busy and varied freelance career that has seen him perform extensively throughout the United Kingdom and on tour across Europe, South Africa, Canada and the USA. Best-known for his work in the field of historically informed performance, he is in great demand as a director, soloist, accompanist and continuo player, working with many of the UK’s leading period-instrument orchestras and professional choirs. Andrew’s concerto, recital and chamber- music engagements encompass organ, harpsichord and fortepiano literature and his multifarious CD recordings as both keyboard-player and conductor have been met with wide critical acclaim.

Andrew continues to hold long-term positions as Associate Director of The Hanover Band and as a Director and Principal Keyboardist at the Carmel Bach Festival in California where he and Peter Hanson perform together regularly as a duo partnership and within numerous instrumental ensembles. Andrew is also Musical Director of his own period- instrument ensemble and vocal consort, Orpheus Britannicus, with whom he records for Resonus Classics; in 2019, the ensemble was nominated for an International Classical Music Award.

Alongside his performing activities, Andrew is Fellow, Director of Music and Director of Studies in Music at Trinity Hall, Cambridge where, in addition to his College responsibilities, he is also an Affiliated Lecturer in the University’s Faculty of Music, Coordinator of the University’s Organ Scholarship Scheme and Chairman of the University’s Organ Scholars’ Forum. Amongst his diverse portfolio of musical activities in Cambridge, he works throughout the academic year training the Organ Scholars and conducting the Chapel Choir at Trinity Hall with whom, in addition to their regular schedule of services in the College Chapel, he undertakes a number of concerts, recordings and foreign tours.

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