Moto ostinato, from Sunday Music Uploaded by: PLRT Composer: Eben, Petr Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 154
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Uploaded by: ArthurWest Composer: * My Own Transcription Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 100
Invocatio (1972) Uploaded by: CarsonCooman Composer: Elgarøy, Jan Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk V Views: 45
Eitelkeit ueber Eitelkeit Uploaded by: Glebe Composer: Petr Eben Organ: Laurenskerk - Main Organ - 1973 Marcussen & Son Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 470
This is one of my all time favorites of J.S. Bach organ works. The Partita consists of a set of eleven short variations on the choral. This is one of the first works of Bach, dating from around 1705, when the young composer was influenced by the style of lots of Georg Böhm, organist Johanniskirche of Lüneburg, where Bach was a student. Dietrich Buxtehude is another likely source of inspiration.
The variations are based on the ancient Lutheran hymn Do gegrüßet, Jesu gütig. For the performance by choir and organ one needs an organ with pedals.
Bach composed the Partita starting with the old traditional melody, then presenting a series of variations in various styles. Five of the eleven variations must be performed on an organ with pedals. The melody of the hymn is almost always easily identifiable in the soprano.