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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669 Click to Listen, [3:5] (A=465)
Rich counterpoint with Bach's usual key migrations and permutations, based largely on the choral, which appears in augmentation in the Soprano. Registration: HW Principal 8' + Octava 4' coupled to Hinterwerk Nassat 3' + Octava 2' + Zimbeln 2 Fach; Pedal Subbass 16' coupled to HW. Minor adjustments were required to avoid overlaps between manual and pedal. Instrument: Gottfried Silbermann Organ, Reinhardtsgrimma / Sachsen, Germany (1731) - Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier

Chorale Text
German:
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit,
Groß ist dein' Barmherzigkeit,
Aller Ding' ein Schöpfer und Regierer.
Eleison, eleison!

English:
Kyrie, God Father in heaven above,
Great art Thou in grace and love;
Of all things the Maker and Preserver.
Eleison, eleison!


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