The concerto transcriptions of Johann Sebastian Bach date from his second period at the court in Weimar. Bach transcribed for organ and harpsichord a number of Italian and Italianate concertos, mainly
The court chapel or Himmelsburg at the Schloss in Weimar. The organ, at the top of the picture, was overhauled by J. K. Weisshaupt in 1707–1708, shortly before Bach's arrival, with further improvements by H. N. Trebs in June 1712–May 1714.
View of Weimar, 1686: the Wilhelmsburg is in the centre, with the Stadtkirche behind. The 3-storey Rotes Schloss is over the footbridge on the far left.
Instruments in the Bachhaus Eisenach. In the foreground is a copy of a 1705 harpsichord of the type Bach would have played in Weimar. In the background is a 1650 chamber organ from Kleinschwabhausen near Weimar.
Georg Philipp Telemann, engraving by Valentin Daniel Preisler
Oboe Concerto (Marcello)
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The Oboe Concerto in D minor, S D935, is an early 18th-century concerto for oboe, strings and continuo attributed to the Venetian composer Alessandro Marcello. The earliest extant manuscript containin
Weimar concerto transcriptions (Bach)
…After Violin Concerto in G major, RV 299, by Antonio Vivaldi. After Oboe Concerto in D minor by Alessandro Marcello. After Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 316, by Antonio Vivaldi…
In 1720 Johann Sebastian Bach compiled a short ornament guide for his eldest son Wilhelm Friedemann