Violin concerto in E major, BWV 1042

J. S. Bach is believed to have composed his violin concertos during his service in Leipzig, where he worked as the Kapellmeister of Thomaskirche from 1723 to his death in 1750. However, thanks to a company consisting of professional musicians and college students, the Collegium Musicum, he had the opportunity to compose secular music. The first movement of the E-major violin concerto consists of three parts. In the first, the short solo sections are incorporated into the orchestra’s opening theme in the form of variation and development. The second part consists of longer solo sections. The third is a return of the first part. The famous C-sharp-minor Adagio of the work begins with an emphatic bass theme, whose characteristic opening motif intertwines the entire movement. The violin concerto ends with the triple-time, dance-like third movement.

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