Andrew Sampson plays Bach on the Mander Organ at St. Matthew's
This program has been selected to demonstrate the beauty of Bach's music and the particular qualities of the organ at St. Matthew's Westminster. Most of the program comprises of works based on Lutheran Hymns or chorales which form the musical mainstay of the Lutheran liturgy, and which demonstrate this instrument's strengths and character. This program is based on an evolving sense of the liturgical year. Prelude and Fugue in E flat (BWV 552) Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) Kommst du nun (BWV 650) Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (BWV 669) Christe, aller Welt Trost (BWV 670) Kyrie, Gott heilger Geist (BWV 671) Herzlich thut mich verlangen (BWV 727) Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr (BWV 676) Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (BWV 654) Duetto I in e minor (BWV 802) Duetto III in G Major (BWV 804) Passacaglia in c minor (BWV 582)