Bach cantata cantatas are assumed to date from this period: Bach worked in Weimar from 1708. He composed a secular cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 in 1713. The composition of cantatas for the (court chapel) on a regular monthly basis started with his promotion to in March 1714. His goal was to compose a complete set of cantatas for the liturgical year within four years. Cantatas 54 and 199 were performed within the cycle but possibly composed earlier. Bach worked in Köthen from 1717 to 1723, where he composed for example the "Brandenburg concertos". He had
Organ concertos, Op. 4 (Handel) of his oratorios Esther and Athalia. During this period Handel prepared the 16 movements of the four organ concertos HWV 290-293, of which 10 are reworkings of previous compositions with the remaining 6 largely newly composed. HWV 292, completed in March 1735, contains the most new material, although even there the ritornello of the first movement is a borrowing from Act 1 of Alcina. It featured in the April performances of Athalia at Covent Garden. The other concertos were first heard in March, HWV 290 and 291 in Esther and HWV 293 in Deborah. Handel completed Alexander's Feast in January