The Concerto in A minor, performed by Reitze Smits for All of Bach, is based on a concerto by Vivaldi. Although Bach never lived outside Germany, he was still well aware of what was happening in the music world abroad. When Vivaldi’s volume of revolutionary new concertos L’estro armonico was published in Amsterdam in 1711, it was not long before Bach got a look at it.

Recorded for the project All of Bach on November 29th 2013 at the Lutheran Church, The Hague. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5.

For the interview with organist Reitze Smits on the Concerto in A minor go to    • Smits on Bach Concerto in A minor BWV...  
For more information on BWV 593 and this production go to http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv593/

All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering highquality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and its guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material http://allofbach.com/en/. For concert dates and further information go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/nederla....

Reitze Smits, organist
Organ: Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, 1762