Bach Fantasia In C Major BWV 570 -- Brian Ebie Organist

Organist Brian Ebie plays Johann Sebastian Bach's Fantasia in C Major BWV 570 on the 1974 Rudolf JANKE tracker pipe organ at the United Methodist Church of Berea, Ohio. Recorded Ash Wednesday 2016.

The Fantasia in C is an early organ work of JS Bach.  It is composed as a standalone piece, not coupled with a fugue or any other movements which is somewhat unusual for Bach, who wrote many preludes and fugues, toccatas and fugues, and fantasias and fugues.  That being said, in his earlier years he did compose individual organ works not tied to a larger structure, such as the Fugue in G Minor ("Little Fugue") BWV 578.  The Fantasia in C Major (as well as the aforementioned "little" fugue) was written around 1706-07 while Bach was serving as organist in the town of Arnstadt, or during a brief stay in the city Muhlhausen.

I hope you enjoy my impromptu performance on the Janke pipe organ, recorded during the Ash Wednesday services.  Thank you for watching!

Akron Chapter of the American Guild of Organists Members Recital

Schantz Organ Bath Church Photo by Brian Ebie

On Sunday, March 8, 2015, several members of the Akron, Ohio Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the annual Members Recital.  The topic for this year is "Outrageous Offertories" and the members have selected several fun pieces to play during the program.

The concert will be held at Bath Church in Bath, Ohio.  The church houses a fine three manual and pedal Schantz Pipe Organ built by the Schantz Organ Company of Orville, Ohio in 2004.  The church sanctuary at Bath church is a lovely setting, with large picture windows running nearly floor to ceiling, that overlook a wooded landscape. 

Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. Bath United Church of Christ
3980 West Bath Road, Akron, OH 44333

Free and Open to the Public

Program Selections

Sonata in D major Wq70/5                  Carl Philip Emanuel Bach

         

Allegro Moderato

          Adagio

          Allegro

Rex Roseman

Prelude and Fugue in B Flat Major             Johann Sebastian Bach

Mary Ragna Yetter

Hornpipe Humoresque                       Noel Rawsthorne

Nancy Robinson

4’33”                                                                                                   John Cage

Mario Buchanan

Every Time I Feel the Spirit                     Adolphus Hailstork

Gary J. Pinter

Musical Clockworks                     Franz Joseph Haydn

          I        Menuet (Song of the Quail)

          II       March

          III     Minuet (Allegretto)

Lynn Frey-Steward

Branles and a Gaillarde                       Pierre Attaingnant

Mary Ragna Yetter

Joyful, Joyful, We adore Thee                     arr. Diane Bish

Brian Ebie

Brian Ebie plays Liebster Jesu, Wir sind hier - J S Bach BWV 731

J.S. Bach Prelude in C Major BWV 545 -- Brian Ebie Schantz Pipe Organ