Description
In this chorale arrangement for organ, BWV 634 – recorded here for All of Bach with Leo van Doeselaar – Bach brings the melody to the fore. Although the piece sounds simple, it is cleverly constructed. Bach wrote a canon, in which the voices imitate one another. If you listen carefully, you can hear it straight away: the upper voice introduces the melody, and soon after a second voice enters with the melody four tones lower. Not every melody lends itself to this, but as a master of counterpoint Bach must have sensed the suitability of this theme.
For more information on BWV 634 and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-634/
Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 27th 2024 at Walburgiskerk, Zutphen. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM.
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Leo van Doeselaar, organ
Instrument: Henrick Bader, 1639/1643
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