Georg Philipp Telemann, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, TWV 31:49
The next piece in the series of advent choral preludes from manuscript Mus. ms. 22541 II is by Telemann. The piece is a bit strange. While playing it I can’t stop feeling that the...
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Friedrich Christian Samuel Mohrheim, Trio 7 in g moll (“Jesu der du meine Seele”)
This last Trio by Mohrheim is, just like the preceding two, more a chorale prelude than a real Trio. This one is based on the melody of the chorale “Jesu, der du meine Seele”....
Johann Christoph Oley, Werde munter mein Gemüte
In the manuscript this choral prelude has the indication “manualiter”. It is an unusual piece, in that it doesn’t sound as organ music at all. It feels more like a piece for harpsichord. So...
Friedrich Christian Samuel Mohrheim, Trio 6 in a moll (“Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten”)
Just as the fifth, the sixth Trio by Mohrheim is not a real Trio at all. It is actually a four voice piece, based on the well known melody of the chorale “Wer nur...
Johann Christoph Oley, Ach was soll ich Sünder machen (2)
This choral prelude is the second of two preludes on this melody by Oley, found in Ms 30190. It is for full organ and contains some tricky trills in the pedal part. The character...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (4)
This is the fourth prelude by Kauffmann, based on the prelude “Nun kom der heiden Heiland”. In it’s three part simplicity it is perhaps the most beautiful of the four. The recording was done...
Johann Christoph Oley, Hier legt mein Sinn sich vor dir nieder
A Trio like chorale prelude. The melody is played in both hands seperately, and then a third time unisono. The recording was done the sampleset, made by Sonus Paradis, of the Transept organ in...
Johannes Ringk, Preludium und Fuga
Johannes Ringk (1717 – 1778) was a German composer and organist. He was born in Frankenhain and studied organ with Johann Peter Kellner in Gräfenroda and Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel in Gotha. From 1740 he...
Friedrich Christian Samuel Mohrheim, Trio 5 in C dur (“Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”)
The last three Trio’s by Mohrheim are based on chorale melodies. They are not real Trio’s in that it is music for just three voices. This fifth trio is actually a four voice piece....
Johann Christoph Oley, Ach was soll ich Sünder machen
This choral prelude is the first of two preludes on this melody by Oley, found in Ms 30190. It is subtitled “2 Clav. et Ped”, but I think there is no need in this...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (3)
The third prelude by Kauffmann on “Nun kom der heiden Heiland” in Manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 II (owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK). It is a four part fugue, based on the first...
Johann Christoph Oley, Was mein Gott will, das g’scheht allzeit
This chorale prelude on “Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit” has the choral melody in the pedal part. The recording was done the sampleset, made by Sonus Paradis, of the Transept organ in...
Friedrich Christian Samuel Mohrheim, Trio 4 in A dur
Mohrheim’s fourth Trio in A dur is the most elongated of his ‘free’ Trio’s. The remaining three are based on chorale melodies. The recording was done with the sampleset, made by Organ Art Media,...
Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (2)
Manuscript Mus.ms. 22541 II (owned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK) contains four preludes by Kauffmann on “Nun kom der heiden Heiland”. They could be played all four one after another as a...
Johann Christoph Oley, Wir Christenleut
Oley’s choral prelude on “Wir Christenleut” is a nice piece in itself. But it seems to me more melancholy than the text of the choral would suggest. The recording was done the sampleset, made...