Preludium in G minor Uploaded by: contrabourdon Composer: van den Gheyn, Mathias Organ: St. Georgenkirche Gottfried Silbermann Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 88
The first section opens with flourishes on the Hauptwerk over an organ point in the Pedal; this gives way to a homophonic, hymnlike section using downward-resolving suspensions in 3rds against an occasionally jarring chromatic bass line with one dramatic pause and a concluding flourish.