Harpsichord concerto in F minor
BWV 1056 performed by Siebe Henstra and the Netherlands Bach Society
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
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With a dash of Telemann
Refined game between harpsichord and orchestra
This concerto for harpsichord is in the melancholy key of F minor. Although the plaintive character is noticeable straight away, the sun does shine through in several places. “The whole concerto hangs together perfectly”, says soloist Siebe Henstra. In the first movement, Bach gets the orchestra and the harpsichordist to play a refined game, with a sort of ‘bunged-up-nose’ echo effect. They play together and then the harpsichord repeats the last figure. In the third movement, Bach harks back to this – but then the other way round, with the orchestra repeating while the harpsichord is silent.
As with all Bach concertos, the middle movement is special. And actually, it isn’t even Bach, as the melody refers back to the Andante from the Flute Concerto in G major, TWV 51:G2 by Telemann. Bach takes Telemann’s theme and develops it in his own way. And he was obviously pleased with the result, as he used this middle movement again in his cantata Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe, although there the solo is played by an oboe rather than a harpsichord.
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- Release date
- 16 March 2018
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- Recording date
- 3 February 2017
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- Location
- Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam
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- Harpsichord
- Bruce Kennedy, 1989 after Michael Mietke
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- Harpsichordist
- Siebe Henstra
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- Violin
- Shunske Sato, Noyuri Hazama
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- Viola
- Pieter Affourtit
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- Cello
- Lucia Swarts
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- Double bass
- Hen Goldsobel
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- Director
- Lucas van Woerkum
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- Assistant director
- Stijn Berkhouwer
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- Music recording
- Guido Tichelman, Bastiaan Kuijt, Pim van der Lee
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- Music edit and mix
- Guido Tichelman
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- Camera
- Jochem Timmerman, Rene Holbrugge, Kenneth Dirkzwager
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- Intern camera
- Klazina Westra
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- Lights
- Zen Bloot
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- Set technique
- Justin Mutsaers
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- Data handling
- Jesper Blok
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- Project manager nep
- Peter Ribbens
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- Interview
- Onno van Ameijde, Marloes Biermans
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- Producer concert
- Marco Meijdam
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- Producer film
- Jessie Verbrugh
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