Lenten Organ Chorale Offerings Each Wednesday through Holy Week, we will be offering a Bach organ chorale to sustain us all in our Lenten journey. March 3rd O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde groß, BWV 622, is one of Bach’s most sublime pieces, in the form of a tender ornamented chorale. The text asks us to look inward, reflecting on our own flaws. So much could be said about this piece, though words cannot express its delicacy, subtlety, richness, etc. Of particular note is the flattened sixth triad in root position just before the end (3’58”)…it’s as if time stands still, a stunning expression of the text, “wohl an dem Kreuze lange” (“for a long time on the Cross”). “O humankind, mourn your great sins, for which Christ left his Father’s bosom and came to earth; from a virgin pure and [...]
Lent, Holy Week & Easter
