An organ recital in progress: part 75

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 Johann Sebastian Bach’s ‘Dorian’ toccata.


Johann Sebastian Bach’s (1685-1750) ‘Dorian’ toccata BWV 538 was composed whilst Bach worked in Weimar (1708-1717), and is nicknamed the ‘Dorian’ as the lack of a key signature implies that the work is in the Dorian mode.



With best wishes,
Andrew Adair
Director of Music