- Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660
[2:37]
A MIDI pipe organ version of this quirky rendition of the Advent Hymn, "Come, Savior of the Gentiles."
Instrument:
Schantz/Rodgers, (1966/2000) at First Baptist Church of Riverside, California recorded by Jonathan Orwig
- Chorale Text
German:
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,
Der Jungfrauen Kind erkannt,
Dess sich wundert alle Welt,
Gott solch Geburt ihm Bestellt.
--by Martin Luther, 1524
English:
Savior of the [Gentiles], come,
Virgin's Son, here make Thy throne,
Wonder at it, heaven and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.
--Richard Massie
Recorded directly with MIDI-enabled Pipe Organ
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