Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

Sietze de Vries is a Dutch organist and known for his ingenious improvisations. Joachim Scheufele-Leidig transcribed some of his improvisations and made those nice editions available. This chorale prelude on the famous hymn 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' is one of them.

This isn't one of my usual registrations for trios, but since the pedal Trompete and Fagott of the Metzler Poblet are rather subtle, it worked nicely in this trio without the cantus firmus being too dominant (at least, in my opinion). Besides that, I also ignored the remark about the 8' stop in the pedal, combining it with a 16' reed. It seemed fitting for the character of this piece, therefore I didn't make the left hand registration too dominant, because of interweaving of bass lines.

Thanks to Joachim Scheufele-Leidig for this wonderful transcription.