This ciacona starts in a very wistful mood. As the intensity builds, the mood becomes increasingly tempestuous. I find it a good voluntary for the season of Lent.
Having played pieces by Buxtehude for many years, I have only recently found out that the phrase "in Buxtehude leben" means to live in the back of beyond and that "anyone strolling through the Hanseatic city of Buxtehude seems to find themselves in a strange fairytale world" of half-timbered houses separated by a central canal.
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