Toccata & Fuga d Moll

A fine piece by Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger (1716 – 1782), an organist, composer, and educator from Bohemia.

Seger was the most prolific Czech organ composer of the 18th century. Hundreds of preludes, fugues, toccatas and other organ pieces survive in manuscript copies, although the attribution to Seger of some of these works is problematic. Generally speaking, his preludes and fugues are short works (their length probably dictated by the limitations imposed by the Catholic liturgy), but they exhibit a fertile harmonic imagination and a perfect grasp of late Baroque counterpoint practice. He also composed masses, motets and psalm settings; all also dominated by archaic counterpoint.

Played on the Hauptwerk (Toccata: 00:00) and resp. Brüstungs-Positiv and Hauptwerk (Fuga: 02:21) of the beautiful Riepp (Heilig-Geist) Organ.

Enjoy!

Marco