#orgelwerke

Vikingur Olafsson’s marvellous performance of Bach’s Organ Concerto No. 4, BWV 528. Played for Deutsche Grammophon. 

Melchior Schildt- Magnificat primi toni, vs. 1 & 2. 

Melchior Schildt- Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn. 

Franz Tunder’s marvellous Christ Lag in Todesbanden. What he and other North German organists managed to achieve was the flowing of a minor key which ended seamlessly on a major chord. I hear this also in Buxtehude’s Ach Gott und Herr. These men of the North German organ school deserve far more recognition than they receive today. 

Dieterich Buxtehude’s Variations on the Chorale, Ach Gott Und Herr. I love how he transitions from D Minor to D Major here. 

Highly recommend the works of Georg Böhm, famed organist and possible teacher of Johann Sebastian Bach in Lüneburg. This is his setting of the Chorale, Vater Unser Im Himmelreich, (Our Father in Heaven).

I often imagine how revolutionary this music was to Bach’s audience in his day. Many of them despised the technical liberties he took! Others were in awe. Hard to believe many didn’t recognise his astonishing genius at the time.