Bach: Concerto in A minor | Labèque sisters, Ottavio Dantone, Luca Guglielmi & Il Giardino Armonico

It is a spectacle for four keyboard instruments: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for four harpsichords, strings and basso continuo in A minor (BWV 1065), here in a version for two fortepiani and 2 harpsichords. Performed by Katia and Marielle Labèque (fortepiani), Ottavio Dantone and Luca Guglielmi (harpsichords), and the Il Giardino Armonico ensemble, conducted by Giovanni Antonini. The concert was held in 2000 at the Musikverein, Vienna. (00:00) No tempo designation (03:44) Largo (05:55) Allegro The thirteen concertos that Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) wrote for one or more harpsichords with orchestral accompaniment are a milestone of music history. In a sense, they mark the beginning of the story of the piano concerto, then further developed by Bach’s sons. The harpsichord concertos were written for Leipzig’s Collegium Musicum; a student orchestra that Bach led from 1723, and with which he held regular coffee-house concerts. In almost all of the harpsichord conce