Bach’s stately Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 ranks among the Baroque composer’s most enduring and celebrated concertos. Its form and melodic sensibility demonstrates the influence of Bach's Italian contemporary Vivaldi, whose work Bach studied carefully and sometimes quoted directly. This December 2017 performance features Sean Lee as violin soloist, with Aaron Boyd (violin I), Chad Hoopes (violin II), Matthew Lipman (viola), Brook Speltz (cello), Anthony Manzo (double bass), and Michael