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Johann Gottfried Walther
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Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan Click to Listen, [2:52]
Two variations, the first on manuals with Pedal at cadences, the second in 3/2 meter with a quasi pedal in the left hand, two intertwining parts in the right, and the Chorale sounded in the Pedal. Instrument: Renaissance Organ (ca. 1587) in gothic church in Smecno, Czech Republic -"Live" Second Edition - Samples by Jiri Zurek

Chorale Text
German:
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan,
Es bleibt gerecht sein Wille;
Wie er fängt meine Sachen an,
Will ich ihm halten stille.
Er ist mein Gott,
Der in der Not
Mich wohl weiß zu erhalten;
Drum laß ich ihn nur walten.

English:
What God doth, that is rightly done,
His will is just forever;
Whatever course he sets my life,
I will trust him with calmness.
He is my God,
Who in distress
Knows well how to support me;
So I yield him all power.
--tr. Z. Philip Ambrose

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