We celebrate the 341st Birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach with multiple interpretations of some of his famous chorale preludes.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
Playlist
Title: Prelude in C (BWV 567)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Christopher Herrick
Album: Bach Organ Cornucopia Hyperion – CDA 67139
Organ: II/26 Metzler Pfarrkirche St. Michael, Kaisten, Switzerland
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Von Gott Will Ich Nicht Lassen (BWV 658)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Wolfgang Rübsam
Album: Bach: Organ Chorales From The Leipzig Manuscript, Vol 1 Naxos – 8.550901
Organ: IV/84 Taylor and Boody College of the Holy Cross, St. Joseph Chapel, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (BWV 658)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Kevin Bowyer
Album: Johann Sebastian Bach – The Complete Organ Works, Vol 10 Nimbus Records – 525330T
Organ: III/52 Marcussen and Son St. Hans Church, Odense, Denmark
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Helmut Walcha
Album: Bach – The Organ Works, Vol 10 Arkiv – 463 713-2
Organ: III/60 Silbermann/Kern Church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune, Strasbourg, France
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Anthony Newman
Album: Complete Collected Organ Works of JS Bach, Vol 4 903 Records – 12128
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Organ: II/29 Russell St. Matthew Episcopal Church, Bedford, New York, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Erik William Suter
Album: Great Organbuilders of America: A Retrospective Vol 5 JAV – JAV 105
Organ: III/54 Aeolian-Skinner St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Forest Park, Illinois, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Robert Clark
Album: Bach At Naumburg Calcante – CD041
Organ: III/75 Hildebrant/Eule St. Wenzels Kirche, Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Vor deinen Thron tret ich heirmit (BWV 668)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: David Lamb
Album: Soaring Sounds of Majestic Antiquity
Organ: III/40 Steere/Goulding and Wood First Presbyterian Church, Franklin, Indiana, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Vor deinen Thron (BWV 668)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Marie-Claire Alain
Album: Bach Complete works for Organ, Vol 7 Erato – 4509-96724-2
Organ: III/79 Schnitger/Ahrend Martinikerk, Groningen, Netherlands
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Wo soll ich Fliehen hin (BWV 646)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Gillian Weir
Album: Organ Master Series Vol 3 Priory – PRCD 753 A/B
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Organ: III/74 Casavant Deer Park United Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Schubler Chorales – II. Wo soll ich fliehen hin (BWV 646)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Iveta Apkalna
Album: Triptychon Berlin Classics – 0302005BC
Organ: IV/80 Klais Konzertkirche St. Marien, Neubrandenburg, Germany
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Chorale Prelude on Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (BWV 648)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Todd Wilson
Album: In a Quiet Cathedral Delos – DE3145
Organ: IV/96 Aeolian-Skinner Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (BWV 648)
Composer: JS Bach
Organist: Rachel Laurin
Album: Éternel Bach, Transcriptions for organ Musicus – MCD 331192
Organ: V/117 Beckerath St. Joseph’s Oratory, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Sheetmusic: PDF
Title: Happy birthday, Herr Bach!
Composer: Ronald Watson
Organist: Martin Setchell
Album: Bonbons for Organ Atoll – ACD600
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Organ: III/42 Rieger Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch, New Zealand