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Series exploring the music of Johann Sebastian Bach

Series exploring the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, using innovative techniques to offer dramatic interpretations of the work

21st Century Bach: Series 4

21st Century Bach: Series 4: Orgel-Buchlein: Easter Sequence

29/04/2009

Orgel-Buchlein: Easter Sequence

Series 4

BBC Two - 21st Century Bach, Series 4, Orgel-Buchlein: Easter Sequence

Four Easter miniatures from J S Bach's Orgel-Buchlein.

Four Easter miniatures from Bach's Orgel-Buchlein are played by John Scott Whiteley at the Stadtkirche 'Zur Gotteshilfe', Waltershausen in Germany.

Four Easter miniatures from J S Bach's Orgel-Buchlein are played by York Minster's organist John Scott Whiteley at the Stadtkirche 'Zur Gotteshilfe', Waltershausen in Germany. The miniatures are: Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 625), 
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (BWV 626), Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ (BWV 628) and Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag (BWV 629). 
    
The dramatic interpretation of the music is enhanced by a variety of filming techniques. Cameras inside the organ reveal the mechanical works whilst aerial shots are captured from small helium-filled balloons.

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