Es ist das Heil uns kommen her Uploaded by: ajongbloed Composer: Liardon, Gaël Organ: 1687 Arp Schnitger, Steinkirchen, Germany Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 87
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland Uploaded by: wimbomhof Composer: Anton Kniller Organ: Kiedrich, St. Valentinus and Dionysius Software: Hauptwerk IV Views: 85
Komm Heiliger Geist BWV 651 Uploaded by: Pede80 Composer: Bach, J. S. Organ: Waldsassen Stiftsbasilika Beta Software: Hauptwerk VIII Views: 51
Johann Sebastian Bach's Leipzig chorale preludes were compiled during the latter years of his life, when he was at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. These works had their origin earlier in his career, and there is a great diversity of style and compositional technique found in the set. A grander opening to this compilation one can scarcely imagine. The melody, or cantus firmus, of Komm, Heiliger Geist (Come, Holy Ghost, a hymn for Pentecost, itself based upon the Gregorian Veni Creator Spiritus) is heard in the pedal throughout the work, with rapid figurations in the manuals
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