Trio: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her

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 piece on the Christmas hymn 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her' was one of the variations Sietze improvised on the organ of the Sankt-Martini-Kirche, Bremen (find the link in this description for all the variations en beautiful singing of the hymn verses between the variations).

It's a chorale trio with the cantus firmus in the pedal (played an octave lower). At the end I use the delicate Zimbelstern of the model of the Stellwagen organ of Stralsund.