21st-Century Bach Volume 1

In a continuing series, to eventually comprise some 80 programs to be broadcast on BBC2 and BBC4 television, John Scott Whitely begins to traverse the complete organ works of J. S. Bach.

Whiteley performs on the Stumm Organ (1774-82) at the Abbey Church in Amorbach, which has been rebuilt and restored by G. F. Steinmeyer and was restored most recently in 1982 by Johannes Klais. Whitely also performs on the Heinrich Gottfried Trost Organ (1722-41) at the Stadtkirche in Waltershausen, which was restored in the 1990s by Orgelbau Waltershausen.

Amorbach Abbey:
“Great” Prelude & Fugue in b, BWV 544
Sonata II, BWV 526
“Great” Prelude & Fugue in a, BWV 543
From Clavier-Übung III:

Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682

From the Schübler Chorales:

Wo soll ich fliehen hin?, BWV 646

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645

From the Orgel-Büchlein:

Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 642

Alle Menschen Müssen sterben, BWV 643

Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig, BWV644

In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr, BWV 640

From 18 Chorales:

Von Gott will ich nicht lassen, BWV 658

Stadtkirche, Waltershausen:
“Weimar” Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 545
Sonata I, BWV 525
Partita on Sei gegrüsset Jesu gütig, BWV 768
From 18 Chorales:

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr-Adagio, BWV 662

From Orgel-Büchlein:

Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625

Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV626

Erstanden is der Heil’ge Christ, BWV 628

Erscheinen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV 629

An added feature: Harvard Professor and Bach expert Christoph Wolff is interviewed on the organ works.

Note: This DVD is in NTSC format ONLY.