Proms 2017 Prom 47: Bach’s ‘Little Organ Book’ past and present - BBC Proms

20 Aug 2017, Royal Albert Hall

13:00 Sun 20 Aug 2017 Next Event

Prom 47: Bach’s ‘Little Organ Book’ past and present

13:00 Sun 20 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall

Our Reformation Day celebrations begin with an organ recital by William Whitehead and Robert Quinney that has chorale preludes from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein at its heart. There are also premieres by Jonathan Dove, Cheryl-Frances Hoad and Daniel Saleeb.

Programme

- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Prelude in E flat major, BWV 552(9 mins)
- - Robert Schumann
  - Fugue no. 4 on B-A-C-H(5 mins)
- - Cheryl Frances-Hoad
  - Chorale Prelude ‘Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott’(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Chorale Prelude 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ', BWV 639(2 mins)
- - Jonathan Dove
  - Chorale Prelude ‘Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam’(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- - Johann Sebastian Bach
  - Christus, der uns selig macht, BWV 620(2 mins)
- - Daniel Saleeb
  - Chorale Prelude 'Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort'(3 mins)world premiere
  - Toccata on 'Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort'(5 mins)
- - Felix Mendelssohn
  - Organ Sonata in A major, Op. 65 No. 3(10 mins)
- - Samuel Sebastian Wesley
  - Prelude to the Grand Organ Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach(3 mins)

Performers

Robert Quinney
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organ
William Whitehead
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Organists William Whitehead and Robert Quinney launch our Reformation Day with a recital featuring the great Lutheran chorale preludes of Bach’s Orgelbüchlein at its heart, alongside three brand-new chorale preludes by British composers, Bach's 'St Anne' Fugue, Mendelssohn's Organ Sonata No. 3 and other Bach-related works by Schumann and Samuel Wesley.

There will be no interval

Image: William Whitehead

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Proms 2017 Music of the Reformation

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