Bach: Violin Concerto a minor BWV 1041

Johann Sebastian Bach

Hans Eppstein (Editor)

Johannes Umbreit (Piano reduction)

Kurt Guntner (Fingering and bowing for Violin)

For the editor of an Urtext edition, Bachs A minor violin concerto BWV 1041 presents few problems; cleanly-written original parts exist from Bachs Kthen (or early Leipzig) period. But beyond the guarantee of a reliable musical text, the Henle edition scores points in terms of text layout; thanks to a foldout solo part, turning pages is made comfortable, something that was previously a challenge because of the literally non-stop, continuous sixteenth notes in the opening movement. Other publishers have since copied this idea. Only the piano reduction from Henle in all three of Bachs violin concertos can be effortlessly performed off the page, even by the lay musician.