A health librarian and music: more Johann Sebastian Bach

Time for another Bach post.  Here are some Bach organ works I have become rather fond of in these strange times.  They are (of course) in order of BWV catalogue number.Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582.  An example of Bach ' s bass.  The feet play the tune, which carries on (occasionally migrating to another register), with increasingly complex things going on around and above it.  The link is to the All of Bach recording by Reitze Smits.Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614.  The old year has (is) gone.  I think this seems rather sad.  Was the old year a bad one?   Or are we sad to see the old year go?   Or are we not looking forward to the approaching new year?   Whichever, this is not quite Auld Lang Syne with marching pipe bands, and it is perhaps particularly thought provoking in these strange times.   The link is to the All of Bach recording by Bart Jacobs.Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, reflective, even melancholic piece.  The link is to the All of Bach page, with a recording by Leo van Doeselaar. Komm heiliger Geist, BWV 651.  This has bass notes which demonstrate what I said in an earlier post.  There is also much happening in the two other registers.  If the other suggestions are too slow, or sad, listen to this one.  The link goes to the All of Bach recording by Leo van Doeselaar.Nun komm der Hei...
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