Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach Keyboard concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach The harpsichord concertos, BWV 1052–1065, are concertos for harpsichord, strings and continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are seven complete concertos for a single harpsichord (BWV 1052–1058), three concertos for two harpsichords (BWV 1060–1062), two concertos for three harpsichords (BWV 1063 and 1064), and one concerto for four harpsichords (BWV 1065). Two other concertos include solo harpsichord parts: the concerto BWV 1044, which has solo parts for harpsichord, violin and flute, and "Brandenburg Concerto" No. 5 in D major, with the same scoring. In addition, there is a nine-bar concerto fragment for harpsichord (BWV
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