Bach's last work - Choral BWV 668a - for Orchestra

[gprengel]

When Bach knew that his last days have come he dictated his last musical "Testament" - being blind (!) - to his son. It is a fantasy on the choral "Vor deinen Thron tret' ich hiermit" (Before Your Throne I come) - what a profound and moving expression of his coming death! 'There are some string quartet performances of this as the conclusion of his "Kunst der Fuge" - but I felt it should also be rendered by an orchestra, so I orchestrated it yesterday. I hope it will speak to you as it does to me:

[Peter]

Thanks for sharing that Gerd - very beautiful.

[Chris]

Thanks, Gerd. Very good indeed!

[gprengel]

Here my orchestration of the Musical Offering : https://youtu.be/H3wpaLMbeD8 - For me this great work by Bach comparable only to Beethoven's op. 131 , 1st. mov.