Bach for Organ

David Goode performs some of Bach’s best-loved works for organ, showcasing the composer’s genius for pattern, number and symbolism. Discover secret messages hidden in JS Bach’s music and marvel at some of the greatest masterpieces of the Baroque including ‘The Art of Fugue’.

Praised for his “spectacular playing” (BBC Music Magazine), organist David Goode’s Complete Bach recordings, released on Signum Classics, are among the finest ever made, “notable for the flair, clarity and spontaneity that Goode brings to this timeless music” (Gramophone).

Programme:
JS Bach Prelude in E flat BWV552 (i) (9’)
Chorale Preludes from Clavierübung III:
Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BWV684 (5’)
Dies sind die heil’gen zehn Gebot BWV678 (5’)
Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch’ BWV769 (12’)
From Die Kunst der Fuge:
Contrapunctus I (3’)
Contrapunctus XII (3’)
Contrapunctus IX (3’)
From Orgelbüchlein:
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig BWV618 (4’)
O Mensch, bewein’ dein Sünde gross BWV622 (6’)
Fugue in E flat BWV552 (ii) (7’)

Part of Music in the Round’s Percussion, Pattern & Primes weekend.