The prelude to the choral “Herr, ich habe misgehandelt” is another beautiful organ composition by Christian Gotthil Tag. I keep wondering why the music of this composer is not played more often by organists....
Zachow’s prelude to the choral “Herr Jesu Christ, waht Mensch und Gott” is an unpretentious 3 part composition. The choral melody is played in the soprano voice, accompanied by the other two voices in...
Zachow’s prelude to “Jesu, der du meine Seele” is setup as a short double fugue on the first phrase of the choral melody and a free counter subject. The counterpoint shows Zachow’s craftmanship, and...
Kirchhoff’s prelude to the choral “Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sein” is a peculiar piece. The choral meody is played unisono on the manuals and the pedal. Between each phrase of the melody Kitchhoff...
There exist two versions of Zachow’s prelude to “Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”. One ends in b flat major and is the longer one of the two, and the other, shorter one, ends...
As I publish these pieces more or less in the order as they appear in manuscript Mus. ms. 40037, the next one in line is Zachow’s prelude to “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei...
Somewhere before my ice-skating accident I had already finished the recordings of remainder of the pieces from manuscript Mus. ms. 40037, and of three more pieces by Christian Gotthilf Tag. Now that I am...
Tomorrow I’m going to the hospital and they will (probably) remove the cast around my wrist. And then I can start playing with my left hand again. The hand has been immobile for over...
As I am a bit handicapped at the moment (broken wrist, torn knee ligaments) I am on the lookout for organ music that can be played with one hand and one foot. It turns...
Twelve days ago, while skating, I had a little accident and broke my left wrist and tore the ligaments of my left knee. The left side of my body is therefore out of the...
Christian Gotthilf Tag is one of those composers that nowadays is largely forgotten, yet whose music is qctually quite good and sometimes quite original. The choral preludes I’ve already published and played by Tag’s...
Zachow’s prelude to “Was mein Gott will das gescheh allzeit” (LV 23) is a solidly written composition, though perhaps a bit scholarly like. Each phrase of the choral melody gets a short fugato treatment....
When I practise one of the familiar compositions on the reportoire, I like to make my own score from the manuscript source or from an old edition of the work. Last week I practised...
Only 6 choral preludes by Hanff’s hand are known. And that is a pity because these 7 are of high quality. The source for this transription of Hanff’s prelude to “Wär Gott nicht mit...
The subtitle of this choral prelude in manuscript Mus Ms 40037 (owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin) “Fuga cum contrasubjecto al inverso”. Zachow writes a clever fugue, based on the first phrase of the chorale...
