Bach - Partite diverse sopra: Sei gegrüsset BWV 768 - Van Doeselaar | Netherlands Bach Society

For his variations on ‘Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig’, performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach, Bach literally pulls out all the stops. For over twenty minutes, he explores the harmonic, rhythmic and stylistic possibilities of the melody forming the base of the piece. In all his chorale arrangements, Bach took inspiration for the style and atmosphere from the words of the hymn on which his composition was based. But the main role in his chorale partitas seems to be given to pure pleasure in playing and inventiveness.

Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 8th 2013 at St Martin's Church, Groningen. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5.

This work has been adopted by an anonymous US donor.

For the interview with organist Leo van Doeselaar on Partite diverse sopra: Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig go to    • Van Doeselaar on Bach Partite diverse...  
For more information on BWV 768 and this production go to http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-768/

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Leo van Doeselaar, organist
Organ: Arp Schnitger, 1692