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Is this Prelude in B minor, performed by Jacques Ogg for All of Bach, actually finished? This is a crucial question when looking at this piece from Bach’s time in Köthen, just before he started as the cantor of St Thomas’s, in Leipzig. What should we make of the last 26 bars consisting only of arpeggios? Could Bach have notated this series of broken chords as a sort of sketch, in order to work out the music in more detail later? Did he decide to give free rein to the performer? Or was he just crazy about the sound effect? It’s an enigma! Recorded for the project All of Bach on March 10th 2018 in Bunde, The Netherlands. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating For the interview with Jacques Ogg on the Prelude in B minor go to For more information on BWV 923 and this production go to
