Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude in C major BWV 547i

Dietrich Buxtehude Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV 179

Johann Sebastian Bach Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 652

Johann Sebastian Bach Gigue Fugue, BWV 577

Dieterich Buxtehude Passacaglia, BuxWV 161

Dieterich Buxtehude Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149

Johann Sebastian Bach Pastorale, BWV 590

Frederick Viner Ebor Excursions

Johann Sebastian Bach Passacaglia, BWV 582

Ben Horden organ

During the seventeenth century, dance secured its position as a serious art discipline. As a result, dance music became prevalent across Europe, and composers of the period and indeed many since have turned to dance forms and structures as a rhythmic framework and inspiration for their composition. Characteristics of early dance forms were incorporated into the works of many European composers. This programme focuses on its use by two leading forces in organ music of the German Baroque and indeed its development and evolution within Western music: Johann Sebastian Bach and Dieterich Buxtehude. Nestled amongst these giants of the North German Baroque is University of York native and rising star, Frederick Viner. Viner’s work draws on a similar inspiration and his three-movement suite ends with the virtuosity and rhythmic energy of the ‘Dance’.