A Lover's Concerto the familiar "Minuet in G major" (BWV Anh. 114) from J.S. Bach's "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach". One key difference is that the "Minuet in G major" is written in 3/4 time, whereas "A Lover's Concerto" is arranged in 4/4 time. Although often attributed to Bach himself, the "Minuet in G major" is now believed to have been written by Christian Petzold. The melody had been popularized by bandleader Freddy Martin in the 1940s; Martin's recording was released under the title "A Lover's Concerto". In subsequent years, "A Lover's Concerto" has been recorded by numerous other notable artists, including Cilla
Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach In both "B" sections Bach adds unexpected features: in the first movement what should be the last ritornello is interrupted by a brief perfidia episode building up to the true concluding ritornello; similarly in the last movement, after five bars of orchestral ritornello marking the beginning of the "A′" section, the thematic material of the harpsichord introduces a freely developed 37-bar highly virtuosic episode culminating in a fermata (for an extemporised cadenza) before the concluding 12 bar ritornello. The slow movement, an Adagio in G minor and time, is built on a ground bass which is played in unison by