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    Casavant, Opus 3246 (1975) at Grace Lutheran Church, Champaign, Illinois -
    Samples by Brett Milan
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Trio Sonata No. 6, BWV 530Download
    Three movements: Vivace (G Major) - Lento (E minor) - Allegro (G Major) [13:31] HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Allein Gott in der Höh, BWV 664Download View Lyrics
    The sparkling trio is based on the chorale theme (often translated "To God Alone Be Glory"), which is briefly stated in the pedal at the end [5:13] Midi file available. HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Symphonia to Cantata 35, BWV 035aDownload View Lyrics
    Transcription of the 1st movement of the Cantata for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, this lively symphonia is reminiscent of the Brandenburg Concertos. [6:44] Midi file available. HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Werde munter, mein Gemüte, BWV 1118Download View Lyrics
    The melody more famous as "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" plays hide and seek, switches meters, explores medieval harmony briefly and ends as sweetly as it began. From the Neumeister Chorale Collection. [1:24] HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Aus tiefer Noth schrei' ich zu dir, BWV 686Download View Lyrics
    The rich 4-part tapestry on the manuals is penetrated by a double canon of the chorale subject, a German chorale whose text is based on Psalm 130, De Profundis ("Out of the Depths"). [4:26] HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 561Download
    Many virtuoso passages, full of section changes and echoes in the prelude, the fugue ends with flourishes and arpeggios leading to an Adagio which contains a wake-up fanfare near the end. All very Buxtehudan. [8:6] HW1
    Pachelbel, Johann: Prelude in D minorDownload
    An organ showpiece with parallel pedal solos and pedalpoints, a lyrical softer section, some antiphonal chordal passages, and a final pedalpoint culminating in a grand ending. [5:6] HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude in G Major, BWV 568Download
    Another early work very much in the spirit of Buxtehude, Bach uses 5 pedal points with manual scales, interrupted by pedal cadenzas and/or huge chords in the manuals. [2:59] Midi file available. HW1
    Bach, Johann Sebastian: Vater Unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682Download View Lyrics
    Rhythmically complex accompaniment hides the cantus firmus in canon on two manuals and pedal. The characteristic appogiatura motive reminds one of some of the variations in The Art of the Fugue. [5:20] HW1
    Brahms, Johannes: Mein Jesu, der du michDownload View Lyrics
    The first of the eleven Organ Chorale Preludes, Opus 122, published posthumously. This is one of the more esoteric of the entire set, but certainly has its lush moments. [4:3] HW1
    Brahms, Johannes: Prelude and Fugue on O TraurigkeitDownload View Lyrics
    The prelude presents the chorale on a solo reed stop accompanied by a generally ascending triplet pattern, which results in a slight tug when the duple and triple rhythms occur at the same time. The exquisite fugue is in three voices, with the chorale sounded slowly in the pedal. [4:33] HW1
    Buxtehude, Dietrich: Prelude, Fugue and Ciacona in C, BuxWV 137Download
    The Prelude, Fugue and Ciacona is an organ showpiece with plenty of pedal solos. Typically sectional writing with occasional flourishes, it ends with a repeating pedal theme, or ciacona. [5:19] HW1