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Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau
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Aus tiefer Noth schrei' ich zu dir Click to Listen, [3:0] (A=465)
The chorale subject, a German chorale based on Psalm 130, De Profundis, sounds in the right hand on the Hinterwerk with a partial Cornet combination; two contrapuntal voices sound on sombre flues of the Hauptwerk; the pedal is an independent third voice. WAV file is available in RAR format: here (18.1 MB). Instrument: Gottfried Silbermann Organ, Reinhardtsgrimma / Sachsen, Germany (1731) - Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier

Chorale Text
German:
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir,
Herr Gott, erhör mein Rufen;
Dein gnädig Ohr neig her zu mir
Und meiner Bitt sie öffne!
Denn so du willt das sehen an,
Was Sünd und Unrecht ist getan,
Wer kann, Herr, vor dir bleiben?

English:
In deep distress I cry to thee,
Lord God, hear thou my calling;
Thy gracious ear bend low to me
And open to my crying!
For if thou wilt observance make
Of sin and deed unjustly done,
Who can, Lord, stand before thee?
--Tr. Z. Philip Ambrose



Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software