J. S. Bach Organ Music for the Christmas Season: Matthew Dirst at StanfordMatthew Dirst offers fresh and lively insights in this program of Bach works mostly related to the seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. C. B. Fisk Opus 85 in Stanford Memorial Church serves the repertory well. In some selections, Dirst uses the meantone tuning available with the movement of a lever above the keydesk of this famous organ. Fisk Opus 85, built in 1984, shares the loft with an equally distinguished 1901 Murray Harris organ not heard on this recording. J. S. BACH: Prelude, Trio & Fugue, BWV 541, 528iii Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, 660 Pastorale in F, BWB 590 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her, BWV 711 Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 70 Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BVW 769 Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 1105 Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kamm, BWV 684 Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, BWV 1120 Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 547 |