J.S. Bach, Prelude in E Flat Major, BWV 552 (1736). Andrew Richesson, Organist. Postlude for Easter Pontifical Mass, April 21, 2019. St. Gertrude the Great, West Chester, Ohio. This prelude, composed during Bach’s later years, is considered to be among his greatest and most majestic organ works. It has three separate themes, which commentators interpret as an allusion to the Persons of the Blessed Trinity, and each is presented in a different musical style (French, Italian, German). Bach varies and develops
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