Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, Vers 1

To the few remaining organ works of Johann Heuschkel belong two preludes to the choral “Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her”. They are not as elaborate as the prelude I uploaded a few days ago. Yet they are very pleasant works.
The first has a three part texture. Parts of the chorale melody appear in all three voices in both tonic and dominant. Almost like it is a fugue.

The recording was done on the sample set of the Bader-organ in the Walburgiskerk in Zutphen by Sonus Paradisi for Hauptwerk.

Registration
Rugwerk: Holpijp 8′, Prestant 4′, Quint 3′, Octaaf 2′, Quintfluit 1 1/2′

Score available here: http://partitura.org/index.php/johann-heuschkell-vom-himmel-hoch-da-komm-ich-vers-1/