Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonate pour orgue n° 1 en mi bémol majeur, BWV 525
Sonate pour orgue n° 2 en do mineur, BWV 526
Sonate pour orgue n° 3 en ré mineur, BWV 527
Sonate pour orgue n° 4 en mi mineur, BWV 528
Sonate pour orgue n° 5 en do majeur, BWV 529
Sonate pour orgue n° 6 en sol majeur, BWV 530

Aart Bergwerff, orgue (orgue Wiegleb (1739), St. Gumbertuskirche, Ansbach)

In Johann Sebastian Bach’s six organ sonatas, three independent voices sound interchangeably. The right hand plays the highest voice, the left hand the middle voice and the feet the bass. A true musician wants to play each voice as if for the first time, responding spontaneously to what the others bring up. To bring such a sung conversation to life with hands and feet, he listens with equal attention and love to all the voices simultaneously. It is a miracle that it can be done. When it succeeds, it all seems simple and natural. A world opens up to the listener, in which it is hardly imaginable that there is anything more beautiful than a trio sonata by Bach.