Bach’s Canonic Variations on “Vom Himmel hoch” BWV 769 recorded by Robert Costin www.robertcostin.com on the organ of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, New Zealand, in 1994. From what I remember it was made in one take. It sounds as though I’m trying to a make big romantic instrument sound ‘authentic’, though I play quite freely and expressively. I think it works…let me know what you think. The Canonic Variations on “Vom Himmel hoch da komm’ ich her” (From Heaven above to Earth I come), BWV 769, are a set of five variations in canon for organ with two manuals and pedals on the Christmas hymn by Martin Luther of the same name. The variations were prepared as a showpiece for Bach’s entry as fourteenth member of Mizler’s Music Society in Leipzig in 1747. There are five variations 1. Canone all’ ottava (Canon at the Octave) 2. Alio Modo in Canone alla Quinta (Canon at the Fifth) 3. Canone alla Settima, cantabile (Canon at the Seventh) 4. Canon per augmentationem (Augmentation Canon) 5. L’altra Sorte del’Canone all’rovercio, 1) alla Sesta, 2) alla Terza, 3) alla Seconda è 4) alla Nona (Canon with Inversions)
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