As a little follow on to the AL2 Day at Greenwich yesterday (and may be of interest to others), here are some links to performances of Lutheran hymn tunes – chorales – as set by Bach, and by others.
A collection of Bach chorales:
A major chorale: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” (melody by Nicolai)
Setting by Bach:
A 17th Century setting:
A setting by Michael Praetorius:
A setting by Kuhnau, Bach’s predecessor in Leipzig:
Minor chorale: ‘Jesu, meine Freude’ (melody by Crüger)
Bach’s setting in his motet of the same name:
The full motet, which includes a number of harmonisations of the chorale melody:
Purely for interest, Mendelssohn’s cantus-firmus setting for choir and strings:
Live chorale singing
1) Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott:
2) Nun danket – BBC Proms 2017:
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