'Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen,
dieser Zeit, da vor Freud
alle Engel singen.
Hört, hört, wie mit vollen Chören
alle Luft laute ruft:
Christus ist geboren!"
(Johann Crüger, 1653)
In autumn 2023, my dear friend Erik-Jan van der Hel (Ermelo, Netherlands) was composing this amazing partita for me - ten variations in baroque style.
Beautiful, festive, joyful and a true masterpiece of organ music, highly recommend for every Christmas season, perfect for service and concert.
Before there was no old style organ music on this well known baroque Christmas carol with his unique melody.
Listen, enjoy and play...
The score is free, available at IMSLP.
Download:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Fröhlich_soll_mein_Herze_springen_(Van_der_Hel,_Erik-Jan)
or as pdf file (attached)