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Events

April 16 Johann Sebastian Bach revives the anonymous St Luke Passion BWV 246 (BC D 6a) with an additional chorale by Bach himself at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
Thomas Arne enlarges the orchestra at Vauxhall Gardens, taking on John Hebden as principal cellist and bassoonist.
Giovanni Battista Pescetti returns to Venice and becomes Second Organist at St Mark's Basilica.
After 1745 Bach performs the Passion cantata pastiche Wer ist der, so von Edom kÃ¶mmt (BC D 10).

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Menuet con 5 Variazioni, Wq, 118, H.44
- Harpsichord Concerto in E minor, H.418
- Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, H.420
- Harpsichord Concerto in D major, H.421
- Trio Sonata in C major, H.573
Johann Sebastian Bach â Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach â Keyboard Sonata in D major, F.3
Johann Ernst Eberlin â 9 Toccatas and Fugues (for organ), published in Augsburg, 1747, as IX toccate e fughe
George Frideric Handel â Hercules, HWV 60 (oratorio)
Johann Melchior Molter â Clarinet Concerto in G major, MWV 6.40^{[citation needed]}
Johann Joachim Quantz â Flute Concerto in G major, QV 5:174^{[citation needed]}
John Stanley â 10 Voluntaries (for organ), published in 1748 as Op. 5
Georg Philipp Telemann â Johannes Passion, TWV 5:30
Tomaso Antonio Vitali â Chaconne in G minor

Ferdinando Bertoni â La vedova accorta
FranÃ§ois FrancÅur and FranÃ§ois Rebel
- Le TrophÃ©e
- ZÃ©lindor, roi des Sylphes
George Frideric Handel â Comus (based on the masque by John Milton)
Gennaro Manna â Lucio Vero
Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Les FÃªtes de Polymnie, RCT 39
- PlatÃ©e, RCT 53
Jean-Jacques Rousseau â Les Muses galantes
Georg Christoph Wagenseil â Ariodante

Louis-Antoine Dornel â Le tour du clavier sur tous les tons
John Stanley â Six Solo's [sic] for flute or violin and harpsichord, Op. 4 (London)
Giuseppe Tartini â 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 2 (Rome: Antonius Cleton)