21/03/2016

J.S. Bach: Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727- beautiful organs in small protestant churches in Dutch villages

When I played the organ in actor Henk van Ulsen's performances Job, Prediker and Psalmen in the '90s, we would often visit small protestant churches in villages or small towns. And more often than not —as we were in Holland— there would be organs of high quality. This created an atmosphere of something intimate and precious, of which I have good memories. While recording Bach's small organ prelude Herzlich tut mich verlangen on Hauptwerk, I had to think of this.