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J. S. Bach: Prelude And Fugue in E Minor, BWV 555 from 8 short Preludes & Fugues 553 - 560, No. 3 (now I play both the Prelude and the fugue).

I think you don’t have to increase the volume in beginning because I have a crescendo several times towards the end…but you can adjust the volume the second time you listen…. 

Bach's music displays fiery temperament, but I think I can not feel it as much as I usually feel in Bach's preludes and fugues. Maybe it's composed by his student Krebs? Anyway, I like this piece much. It’s a great little prelude & fugue with many rich harmonies. It is how the tones go together in chords, the arrangement……that I like, it have a pleasing effect on me (totally different than Toccata and fugue in d minor). Playing now both Prelude and Fugue.

Try to listen to the combination of simultaneously sounded notes, and how it ”waves” up and down, especially in the beautiful and elegant fugue. Love it!
A masterpiece by a good student of the great master Bach, maybe, probably….

In this piece of music I add stops and use several different registrations ( 4) so that the music swells towards the end ( a step by step crescendo)  and then vice versa in the fugue, a softer registration, I think the fugue is so beautiful.


Enjoy the Organteq sound ( a bit different registration again 

Best wishes,

Stig


https://youtu.be/5Jqcs8d6mxc

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Re: J. S. Bach: Prelude And Fugue in E Minor, BWV 555 from 8 short ....

very beautiful performance.  i really like the registration choices.  as a piano player, i've never tried to think about how to do that.  i think they suited the piece very well.  also there was a very interesting image in the video at 2:30.  it looked kind of like a table on fire.  what is that ??

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Re: J. S. Bach: Prelude And Fugue in E Minor, BWV 555 from 8 short ....

budo wrote:

very beautiful performance.  i really like the registration choices.  as a piano player, i've never tried to think about how to do that.  i think they suited the piece very well.  also there was a very interesting image in the video at 2:30.  it looked kind of like a table on fire.  what is that ??


The "table on fire" is an urn grove where you can light candles for cremated people. The place is in the city of Turku (Åbo) in southern Finland, ca 300 000 people. We usually go there (320km) once a year and light candles for our son who is buried there. The photo was taken by a friend who can not hold the camera still so it blurs. Thank you for your interest and nice comment. Btw, Only 5 % is swedish talking, the rest finnish but the city is still bilingual with the same rights for all. As in the whole country. Unique.

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Stig