Ulfert Smidt: Bach ath Three Organs

The idea for this recording arose from the performance of Bach’s complete works for organ by Ulfert Smidt at the Marktkirche Hanover. Through this comprehensive overview the listener gains new insight into the master’s oeuvre and encounters the man behind the music - a person who composed for and performed at the organ throughout his entire lifetime. Some stylistic features and musical idiosyncrasies persist from his early works through to his late compositions, others disappear, new characteristics are integrated on the way. What then, are the ‘typical Bach-ian elements’ which are so often claimed to be inherent in his music? The Marktkirche’s three organs with their individual characters enable us to comprehend Bach’s diverse and multi-faceted oeuvre, and to encounter the composer Johann Sebastian Bach anew.

Ulfert Smidt