'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein', performed by Erwin Wiersinga for All of Bach, is one of Bach's shortest chorale arrangements. The right hand races through a long string of semiquavers, above a quite unique left hand that is very jumpy for a basso continuo line. In between – in the tenor played by the pedal – is the chorale melody, which was borrowed in the sixteenth century from another of Luther’s hymns and appears elsewhere in Bach’s oeuvre, for example in the Christmas Oratorio and cantata BWV 6.

Recorded for the project All of Bach on August 26th 2015 at Stiftskirche St. Georg, Goslar-Grauhof. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel [ Ссылка ] and consider donating [ Ссылка ].

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Erwin Wiersinga, organist
Organ: Christoph Treutmann, 1731

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