J.S. Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No. 3, BWV 1054 (1738)

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.

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Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1053 (1738)
Composer's arrangement of Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 (1718)
Holograph manuscript, n.d. (ca.1738) in Bach's own handwriting.

I. [no tempo marking] (0:00)
II. Adagio e piano sempre (7:52)
III. Allegro (13:22)

Gustav Leonhardt, harpsicord and the Leonhardt Consort

The surviving violin concerto in E major, BWV 1042 was the model for this work, which was transposed down a tone to allow the top note E6 to be reached as D6, the common top limit on harpsichords of the time. The opening movement is one of the rare Bach concerto first movements in da capo A–B–A form.

In 1845 Ignaz Moscheles performed the concerto in London.