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Many listeners will recognise this Violin Concerto in A minor, performed by Shunske Sato and the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, immediately, and even identify it with a specific violinist. In contrast to many of Bach’s other works, it never disappeared completely from the repertoire. At the end of the eighteenth century, it was already circulating in Berlin, and it continued to do so. On 31 March 1860, Bach’s birthday, Julius Eichberg (1824-1893) played the concerto for the first time in the United States. One critic regretted the choice, writing “Bach’s concerto may be learned, but it is very heavy and uninspired”. It was regrettable that such a good violinist as Eichberg selected to play “some antiquated compositions which have little beside antiquity to commend them”. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 17th May 2019 at Radio Kootwijk. This recording was made possible by the support of the Eleven Floawers Foundation. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to
