- Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661
[3:1]
The third setting of the German Advent chorale is for full organ, with the cantus firmus in the pedal. One of Bach's 18 Leipzig Chorales, written near
the end of his life.
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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