Simon Lohet, Fuga 17
The 17th fugue of Lohet is a mono thematic fugue and an intricate one. In it Lohet explores the different ways in which the theme and its inversion can be combined. The theme overlaps...
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Johann Adam Hiller (?), Jesu du mein liebstes Leben
The prelude on ‘Jesu du mein liebstes Leben’ is transcribed from “The Wöchentliche Nachrichten und Anmerkungen die Musik betreffend”. This journal appeared weekly in Leipzig from 1 July 1766 to 24 December 1770. Most...
Johann Philipp Kirnberger, Nun danket alle Gott
The prelude on “Nun danket alle Gott” is a three part piece, with the choral melody in the soprano voice. The recording was done by Andreas Osiander, who also made a video with more...
Georg Friedrich Händel, Trio g moll, HWV 386a
Although Georg Friedrich Händel was said to be one of the finest keyboard players of his time, he was not a professional organist. He did not hold a church position, nor did he leave...
Simon Lohet, Fuga 16
The sixteenth fugue of Lohet has no less then three different themes. But they all do not get more than one exposition and then the fugue is over. Interesting is that in the first...
Johann Adam Hiller (?), Ermuntre dich mein schwacher Geist
The prelude on ‘Ermuntre dich mein schwacher Geist’ is transcribed from “The Wöchentliche Nachrichten und Anmerkungen die Musik betreffend”. This journal appeared weekly in Leipzig from 1 July 1766 to 24 December 1770. Most...
Johann Philipp Kirnberger, Eins ist Noth
An interesting feature of the melody of the chorale “Eins ist Noth” is its change from binary rythm to ternary rythm. Kirnberger made an elegant piece based on this melody. The recording was done...
Johann Schneider, Präludium und Fuge, G Dur
Manuscript Mus. Ms. 30377, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains four Prelude & Fugues by Johann Schneider. In the manuscript they are called just ‘Praeludium’, but since the fugue-part of the pieces is very...
Johann Balthasar Kehl, Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag
One of the attractive bicinia Kehl seems to have had a patent on. The festive subject of the choral is a bit at odds with the dramatic e minor, yet Kehl manages to circumvent...
Simon Lohet, Fuga Decima Octava
Of course I had to try Lohet on my new sample set as well. Lohet’s eighteenth fugue is again some dense contrapuntal writing. The first part of the fugue is setup as a mono...
Johann Schneider, Präludium und Fuge, D dur
Manuscript Mus. Ms. 30377, owned by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, contains four Prelude & Fugues by Johann Schneider. In the manuscript they are called just ‘Praeludium’, but since the fugue-part of the pieces is very...
Dietrich Buxtehude, Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist, BuxWV 209
I’m a few weeks early with this chorale prelude. The text of “Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist” is at least 700 years old. It is a prayer in German to the Holy Spirit,...
Johann Adam Hiller (?), Praeludium zu einem Dank- oder Lobliede
The ‘Prealudium zu einem Dank- oder Lobliede’ is transcribed from “The Wöchentliche Nachrichten und Anmerkungen die Musik betreffend”. This journal appeared weekly in Leipzig from 1 July 1766 to 24 December 1770. Most of...
Johann Philipp Kirnberger, Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ
The first chorale prelude in manuscript Am. B 396, owned by the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, is a three part manualiter prelude on the melody of “Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ”. Even though it’s meant...
Simon Lohet, Fuga 15
In his fiftheenth fugue Lohet experiments with inversion. After the first statement of the first theme, it is immediately answered by its inversion. The third and fourth statement of the theme are respectively its...