An organ recital in progress: part 108

Dear SMM Community,
 

The next part of my online organ recital is here, and I hope that you enjoy it. I offer up these musical meditations as part of our parish efforts to find ways to keep you connected at this time. Recorded on my house organ, the instrument is a musical facsimile of the great 'Father' Willis organ at Salisbury Cathedral.

Today, I present Dieterich Buxtehude's Praeludium in D major.


Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637/39-1707) was widely respected in his day, and greatly influenced the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. His masterful improvisations attracted many visitors, and it is entirely possible that the Praeludium in D major began life as an improvisation.


With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music