- Passacaglia and Fugue, BWV 582
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Bach uses an 8 measure theme, unlike traditional 4-measure passacaglias of earlier composers, and works as much with the harmony as the melody, so
this piece may be better thought of as a chaconne. His ingenious mind comes up with many marvelous variation. Just when you think he might have
exhausted all possibilities, he piles another variation on, the most virtuosic of which is a series of triplets in the right and left hand against the
theme in the pedal. The first four measures of the Passacaglia theme are then re-used as his fugue subject, which is introduced with an bouncy
counter-subject.
Instrument:
Schantz/Rodgers, (1966/2000) at First Baptist Church of Riverside, California recorded by Jonathan Orwig
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Recorded directly with MIDI-enabled Pipe Organ
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